[Gloucs] Re: Web site building and ranking
bjh
gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk
Mon Jan 6 22:03:51 2003
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From: "Guy Edwards" <guy_j_edwards@hotpop.com>
To: "MAILING LIST" <gloucs@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Gloucs] Re: Web site building and ranking
> On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 19:03, bjh wrote:
> > +++ Oh dear, problem here is you have now entered the problem of=20
> > "spamming" the search engine
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> oh darn, scratch that for now then.
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> > Mark Lewis still fails to respond to my messages - the last one =
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> > mid December 2002!!! (smile)
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> Did he reply when you forwarded that Nessus report I did on the old =
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> server Francis? :-)=20
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> > +++ I think you are completely missing the point - it is not about =
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> > it is all about people putting different combinations of words
> > together in search engine boxes in an attempt to get hold of the=20
> > information you are providing!!! If you have not got the pages=20
> > structured and worded correctly, they will never find you...
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> I think they've got plenty of content and they're doing fine with the
> search engines.
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> > +++ To judge from most of the messages between members, most relate =
to help with problems -=20
> > are we now saying we don't want to help anyone now???=20
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> Of course not. I'm saying the current descriptive tags are an accurate
> refection of the site.
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> > Please don't underestimate the importance of these link words...
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> There is no "in" in the current meta tags. We are 3rd down during a
> Google search for "Linux in Gloucester"=20
*** Talking about "text" on the page, NOT meta tags (smile)...
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> > +++ What??? It takes seconds to put the odd misspelling in as a=20
> > hidden meta tag with your other essential keywords!!!
> > ********************************************************
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> When I have time I might add some words (I'll take out the duplicate
> Linux ones at the same time) but I'm not filling it up with every word
> imaginable.
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> http://www.apache.org/ not a single search tag
> http://www.samba.org/ same again
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> These sites do ok in the search engines, I'm not going to panic on =
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> one.
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> Guy
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>From: "Guy Edwards" <</FONT><A=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Subject: Re: [Gloucs] Re: Web site =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>> On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 19:03, bjh=20
wrote:<BR>> > +++ Oh dear, problem here is you have now entered =
the=20
problem of <BR>> > "spamming" the search engine<BR>> <BR>> =
oh darn,=20
scratch that for now then.<BR>> <BR>> > Mark Lewis still fails =
to=20
respond to my messages - the last one being <BR>> > mid December =
2002!!!=20
(smile)<BR>> >=20
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<BR>> Did he reply when you forwarded that Nessus report I did on the =
old=20
LUG<BR>> server Francis? :-) <BR>> <BR>> > +++ I think =
you are=20
completely missing the point - it is not about "ranking", <BR>> > =
it is=20
all about people putting different combinations of words<BR>> > =
together=20
in search engine boxes in an attempt to get hold of the <BR>> >=20
information you are providing!!! If you have not got the pages <BR>> =
>=20
structured and worded correctly, they will never find you...<BR>> =
>=20
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<BR>>=20
<BR>> I think they've got plenty of content and they're doing fine =
with=20
the<BR>> search engines.<BR>> <BR>> > +++ To judge =
from most=20
of the messages between members, most relate to help with problems - =
<BR>>=20
> are we now saying we don't want to help anyone now??? <BR>> =
<BR>> Of=20
course not. I'm saying the current descriptive tags are an =
accurate<BR>>=20
refection of the site.<BR>> <BR>> > Please don't =
underestimate=20
the importance of these link words...<BR>> <BR>> There is no "in" =
in the=20
current meta tags. We are 3rd down during a<BR>> Google search for =
"Linux in=20
Gloucester" </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><STRONG>*** Talking about "text" on the =
page, NOT=20
meta tags (smile)...<BR></STRONG>> <BR>> > +++ What??? It takes =
seconds=20
to put the odd misspelling in as a <BR>> > hidden meta tag with =
your other=20
essential keywords!!!<BR>> >=20
********************************************************<BR>> =
<BR>> When I=20
have time I might add some words (I'll take out the duplicate<BR>> =
Linux ones=20
at the same time) but I'm not filling it up with every word<BR>>=20
imaginable.<BR>> <BR>> </FONT><A =
href=3D"http://www.apache.org/"><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2>http://www.apache.org/</FONT></A><FONT =
face=3DArial size=3D2> not=20
a single search tag<BR>> </FONT><A =
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face=3DArial size=3D2>http://www.samba.org/</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2> same=20
again<BR>> <BR>> These sites do ok in the search engines, I'm not =
going to=20
panic on this<BR>> one.<BR>> <BR>> Guy<BR>> <BR>> =
<BR>>=20
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