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Wayne

2004-01-20, 10:29 am

I'm using Publisher 2002 sp2. How do I add title,
description and keyword meta tags so they get picked up
by search engines? I've tried editing the html with
notepad...adding the aforementioned meta tags between the
heads. Didn't work. Website wouldn't load. I then
tried using the "insert html code fragment", and while it
appeared to insert the code correctly, the site is still
not getting picked up by any of the search engines. The
site is www.gardenology.net.

David Bartosik - MS MVP

2004-01-20, 12:31 pm

"> I'm using Publisher 2002 sp2. How do I add title,

quote:

> description and keyword meta tags

refer to http://www.davidbartosik.com/pub2002/pub2002_21.htm

so they get picked up

quote:

> by search engines?

adding in the meta tag info DOES NOT automatically get the site in search
engines, the web is to big. it can take weeks and even months to get indexed
by engine robots.

I've tried editing the html with

quote:

> notepad...adding the aforementioned meta tags between the
> heads. Didn't work. Website wouldn't load.

I recommend against manual edits of 2002 pages!

I then

quote:

> tried using the "insert html code fragment", and while it
> appeared to insert the code correctly,

the insert frag does not allow access to the head section so the tags would
be incorrectly located on the page.
this IS NOT the correct way to add meta tags, see your first question.

the site is still

quote:

> not getting picked up by any of the search engines.

see your second question.

step 1- correctly add the desc and keywords.
step 2- do a clean publish.
step 3- wait.

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