LINK things in source???

V

Victor

I've inherited a FrontPage web that I need to edit. Despite my years of
experience, there are some unusual tags in the <HEAD></HEAD> section that
causes me to scratch my head in confusion:

<link rel="alternate" media="print" title="Printer-Friendly"
href="print.html" />
<link rel="top" title="Main" href="/" />
<link rel="search" href="http://search.mydomain.com/" />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml"
href="/security/main.atom" title="Security section Atom feed" />

On w3schools.com, I read that the rel= attribute with the LINK tag "Defines
the relationship between the current document and the targeted document".
Huh. That's less than useful.

Now, if I believe what this useful page says:
http://www.seoconsultants.com/meta-tags/link-relationship.asp

then these LINK tags have absolutely nothing to do with how the present
pretty page is displayed - regardless of if the LINK tags are there or not
(except for CSS tags), it will not change the way the page is displayed -
right?

And, the only use for these strange tags is for search engine optimization -
right?

Can FrontPage autogenerate these tags, or are these manually inserted?

THANKS to ANYONE that can help me figure this out!!!

Vic
 
S

Stefan B Rusynko

FP does not generate those tags
- they were inserted in code view by the site developer

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| I've inherited a FrontPage web that I need to edit. Despite my years of
| experience, there are some unusual tags in the <HEAD></HEAD> section that
| causes me to scratch my head in confusion:
|
| <link rel="alternate" media="print" title="Printer-Friendly"
| href="print.html" />
| <link rel="top" title="Main" href="/" />
| <link rel="search" href="http://search.mydomain.com/" />
| <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml"
| href="/security/main.atom" title="Security section Atom feed" />
|
| On w3schools.com, I read that the rel= attribute with the LINK tag "Defines
| the relationship between the current document and the targeted document".
| Huh. That's less than useful.
|
| Now, if I believe what this useful page says:
| http://www.seoconsultants.com/meta-tags/link-relationship.asp
|
| then these LINK tags have absolutely nothing to do with how the present
| pretty page is displayed - regardless of if the LINK tags are there or not
| (except for CSS tags), it will not change the way the page is displayed -
| right?
|
| And, the only use for these strange tags is for search engine optimization -
| right?
|
| Can FrontPage autogenerate these tags, or are these manually inserted?
|
| THANKS to ANYONE that can help me figure this out!!!
|
| Vic
|
|
 

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