You've got some more answers in your more recent posting, but let me add...
You'd probably be much better off composing a few concise paragraphs
describing what you intend to do/sell on your index page. That will get them
in your door, then links to your pages.
Just came from a client/friend's house...he's building a 32 Ford pretty
cool...but $$$.
| Thank you for the info Rob, but that raises another question.
| Some sties use a 'site map', which is basically hundreds, or even
thousnads
| of words liting the items they sell.
| One of my pages is for auto parts, and I have about 12 suppliers for both
| foreign and domestic cars.
| To cover everything would take over 20,000 words, and I have reduced it to
| just over 6,000.
| Now for the question. If someone types in this search:
| 1928 Ford Model T front drop axle chrome plated with aftermarket disc
brake
| kit, wouldn't each of those words need to appear as text somewhere on a
page
| to match the search?
| My goal is for someone doing the search to see whether the EXACT item they
| are looking for is either available or not from one of my suppliers, and
if
| they click on my site from the search, an automotive home page opens
rather
| than have a page open with nothing but text, including the words they used
in
| the search.
| I'm also an old hot rodder, so I have an idea of how someone like me will
| enter a search. Once we finally discover the web (many of my friends
still
| use magazines or make phone calls all over the country), we can get pretty
| specific in our searches, and get frustrated quickly when 130,000 plus
| results appear, each with just a couple of words matching what we entered
in
| our search.
| I'm new to this, and I'm building my site from the perspective of what I
| want to see when I do a search, so I will appreciate all the advise and
| suggestions I can get from everyone.
| Thank you again, and I look forward to any and all replies.
|
| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
|
| > garbage text for search engines is called "stuffing" which will have the
| > opposite effect of getting you more hits, as search engines will
penalize
| > you for stuffing.
| >
| >
| > | > | Thank you Trevor. I do appreciate the info. on the redirect. I will
try
| > and
| > | paste the HTML on the necessary text page, and redirect to the actual
page
| > I
| > | want viewed on my web, so hopefully all the 'garbage' text for the
search
| > | engines won't even be seen, and the page won't take all day to load
| > because
| > | of the hidden layer method I am using now.
| > |
| > | Thank you again.
| > |
| > | "Trevor L." wrote:
| > |
| > | > Tat wrote:
| > | > > I have noticed on a lot of web sites that the HTML source cannot
be
| > | > > viewed, either by using the right-click method, or the 'view
source'
| > | > > option in the browser menu bar. Is this a feature you have to buy
a
| > | > > program to get, or an HTML command you can place on a page?
Either
| > | > > way, could someone tell me the program or the HTML to use? Also,
can
| > | > > someone tell me how to use a 'redirect' command so one page
| > | > > automatically goes to another when the first page is selected in a
| > | > > search? Either one of these would be helpful, as I have a lot of
| > | > > pages that are just text for a search engine, and would like
others
| > | > > to be able to simply view the final destination page rather than
| > | > > having to click on a link to the page. Using a hidden field is an
| > | > > option, but really increases the pages loading time, and I am
looking
| > | > > for other options.
| > | >
| > | > To suppress the right-click uses a bit of JS. I am not sure how
people
| > set
| > | > it up so that view source doesn't work.
| > | >
| > | > But the experts here say that regadles of these methods, you will
find
| > the
| > | > HTML code in your cache. You just have to know the name of the
folder
| > the
| > | > cache is stored in. For IE6, it should be %USERPROFILE%\Local
| > | > Settings\Temporary Internet Files\ I am, told
| > | > Look for the name of the HTML as in the address bar.
| > | >
| > | > For a redirect,
| > | > <html>
| > | > <head>
| > | > <title>Redirecting...</title>
| > | > <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="2;
| > url=
http://www.new.com/new/new.htm">
| > | > <!-- AN alternative
| > | > <script>
| > | > top.location.href="./xxx"
| > | > </script>
| > | > -->
| > | > </head>
| > | > <body>
| > | > <p>This page has moved. Please click
| > | > <a href="
http://www.new.com/new/new.htm">here</a>
| > | > if the new page doesn't appear in 2 seconds.</p>
| > | > </body>
| > | > </html>
| > | >
| > | > The parameter 2 in content=" is the number of seconds. Set it to
zero
| > for
| > | > an immediate redirect
| > | > --
| > | > Cheers,
| > | > Trevor L.
| > | > Website:
http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
| >
