Re: Entry pages (was: WebCatalog MAJOR drawback)
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17022
interpreted = N
texte = Dale,Thanks...lot of good info!>>From what I understand about most search engines, they will not follow the>links contained on the page you list above. This is because of the>arguments you pass in your url (everything past the .tmpl is ignored).>Only the info in rings.tmpl would be indexed. If that's all you're looking>for, then you are ok.>Yup, for now all I want to do is create some entry pages with keywords forthe search engines. I'll probably register each separately, although I wasthinking of creating a links page on my personal web site with links tokey pages (including entry pages).>The one exception to this rule that I have seen so far is Lycos, who>appears to index sites including arguments passed in the URL. This is>great for indexing Webcat-driven sites, but also has the unfortunate side>effect of re-indexing your site every time Lycos revisits your site when>CART arguments are passed (we have about 35 listings for our home page in>Lycos right now).>>The solution to this problem is to use [showif browsername^Lycos] and>assign a special cart number to matching browsers (thanks Grant). This>gives Lycos a consistent cart# and you will only be indexed once. You can>also do a showif based on IPADDRESS, but that may be a bit harder to keep>track of.Thanks for this tip! Does it catch only the Lycos spider?>If you want to learn more about search engines, I would highly recommend>Search Engine Watch at http://www.searchenginewatch.com/ . I learned>boatloads about search engines by spending a couple hours reading the>articles here.>>As for example pages, I'm still researching and thinking about the best way>to approach it. Some search engines use keyword meta tags; others ignore>meta tags entirely and only index visible text and titles on the page.>So making a good entry page takes more than a little forethought...Ditto. I don't believe that an all purpose page that would result in highrankings for all search engines exists. But it seems most of them now put ahigh priority on key words in the page title; headings; and visible text,so I built my entry pages with that in mind.>I'm also still fighting (waiting, really) for Yahoo to list our new site.>I have submitted twice in the past 2 months and have gotten no response or>listing. According to some reports, people can submit for over a year and>STILL never get listed in Yahoo. What a great club to be in...:|
Me too; I wonder if contacting them and asking them about advertising rateswould light a fire under anyone? ;-)Regards,Dale
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Dale,Thanks...lot of good info!>>From what I understand about most search engines, they will not follow the>links contained on the page you list above. This is because of the>arguments you pass in your url (everything past the .tmpl is ignored).>Only the info in rings.tmpl would be indexed. If that's all you're looking>for, then you are ok.>Yup, for now all I want to do is create some entry pages with keywords forthe search engines. I'll probably register each separately, although I wasthinking of creating a links page on my personal web site with links tokey pages (including entry pages).>The one exception to this rule that I have seen so far is Lycos, who>appears to index sites including arguments passed in the URL. This is>great for indexing Webcat-driven sites, but also has the unfortunate side>effect of re-indexing your site every time Lycos revisits your site when>CART arguments are passed (we have about 35 listings for our home page in>Lycos right now).>>The solution to this problem is to use [showif browsername^Lycos] and>assign a special cart number to matching browsers (thanks Grant). This>gives Lycos a consistent cart# and you will only be indexed once. You can>also do a showif based on IPADDRESS, but that may be a bit harder to keep>track of.Thanks for this tip! Does it catch only the Lycos spider?>If you want to learn more about search engines, I would highly recommend>Search Engine Watch at http://www.searchenginewatch.com/ . I learned>boatloads about search engines by spending a couple hours reading the>articles here.>>As for example pages, I'm still researching and thinking about the best way>to approach it. Some search engines use keyword meta tags; others ignore>meta tags entirely and only index visible text and titles on the page.>So making a good entry page takes more than a little forethought...Ditto. I don't believe that an all purpose page that would result in highrankings for all search engines exists. But it seems most of them now put ahigh priority on key words in the page title; headings; and visible text,so I built my entry pages with that in mind.>I'm also still fighting (waiting, really) for Yahoo to list our new site.>I have submitted twice in the past 2 months and have gotten no response or>listing. According to some reports, people can submit for over a year and>STILL never get listed in Yahoo. What a great club to be in...:| Me too; I wonder if contacting them and asking them about advertising rateswould light a fire under anyone? ;-)Regards,Dale
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