Tinterweb terminologies

Right then a ramble coming on but I feel the friendliness within this forum may well come to my aid.

Sooo, I won't repeat my details but suffice it to say, redundancy followed by starting up in private practice =webbysite.

This I have done and it is a freebie through Heart costing me a whopping 33 for two years worth of domain name. Now comes the dense bit.

I hear many of you refer to 'meta-tags' SEO (search engine hoptimization) layouts, coverage, .com, .co.uk and so on.

I was just reading (can't contribute cos of me posting number) the 'wad e fink of me webbysite?' And some very interesting information from peeps that clearly know what they is chewing the fat over.

Mine right now is basic and probably way too much on the 'ome' page, but hey-ho, how else do you learn. I see software progs that you can make a site yourself with the see what you type style, which has to be a good ting.

I have only just been picked up by the faceless bots and now I can be seen when searched for. best results though have been through Clive's UK directories site, this is getting me consistently on the first page of Googly, and near the top on 'hevery-hoccasion' (been watching too much Larkrise to Candleford).

Whilst I try to get my bonce around what you say (and I appreciate the recommendation to 'PR for dummies) so much of it soars across the top. Google maps for instance, that seems to be at the top every time, above the yellow one and displays the names of competitors (not me yet, I did register a free one).

So what are these 'meta-tags?' (don't yell, I'm new to this) and where do they go, what information should be on a home page? Is it important (search wise I mean) oh so many questions...obvious I realise to others, but any help would be gratefully appreciated. Oh and what does it mean I can 'add a tag or a trackback to this thread???'

Mike

Hi Mike

I've moved your thread to our SEO section.

I see you've gone sailing past the 10 posts, so feel free to get your web link in your signature, and if you want a review of your website, then get in What do you think of my Website? - My Local Forums

To answer your question, metatags are pointers in your web page that search engines use (or used to use!! - separate debate) to work out the page title, see what keywords relate to your page, and what breif description to show when you see your page in the search results.

I say used to use, because their use has come into question in recent years, with the Google God now picking up descriptions off your page, and some people say they are now ignoring keywords

But, you have meta tags in your page, although you are missing the description tag.

For example, right click and view source and you will see the meta tags of this particular page:

<meta name="keywords" content="Tinterweb,terminologies, Tinterweb terminologies, My Local Forums,UK Business Forums,Business Advice,Small Business Forum,USA Business Forums,Business Forum,small business advice,US Business help,US Business Forum,American Business Forums,Entrepreneur,Business Community" />

<meta name="description" content="Right then a ramble coming on but I feel the friendliness within this forum may well come to my aid. Sooo, I won't repeat my details but suffice it to " />

Tags

Tags are another way of searching the forums, so you can add tags to a new thread, and these get indexed and become searchable.

Trackbacks

Prob easier to post a link to explain, as I normally confuse myself!
What is a Trackback - Trackbacks Explained

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Firstly apologies for inserting in the wrong place. Senior moment and all that. Thank you for the response. I have been surfing since posting on this subject as I am keen to get the darned phone to ring and feel I will be satisfied if I have done all that I really can.

Your response was just what i wanted and I thank you.

Mike

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And just to show that we web heads do not know everything, when Building Steves corporate site, I included no 'title tags' (title="Random Image Title") into the coding, and after toing and froing between us, I finally clicked what it was, they are now standard on my builds, my sites (my own and clients) are doing much better for it, in fact my SEO stuff is rocketing!

So do listen to Steve, he taught me a thing or too! And I do this for a living!

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great stuff, Im not the only one that has no idea about this web stuff

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thanks Paula