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Your word count should
be between 4-15 words with approximately 20-50% of the words being your
primary keywords. We usually recommend short titles (4-7 words) that feature
the keywords predominately (40-50%).
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Description
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Your word count should
be between 10-25 words with approximately 20-30% of the words being your
primary keywords. We usually recommend descriptions that are about 15 words
with 25-30% being keywords.
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Keywords
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Your word count should
be between 5-9 words with approximately 30-60% being your primary keywords.
Some people will disagree with this information, if you read the information
on the keywords tag in the Meta Tags section of the homepage on the browser
tab you will see why we recommend this. In a nut shell, most engines won't
even read the keywords tag and the ones that do don't place much emphasis on
it. Developing long keyword tags reduces your primary keywords relevancy for
that page in the engines that read the keywords tag.
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Body
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Your word count should
be between 250-850 words with approximately 8-16% being your primary
keywords. If you have a smaller web page we recommend the lower percentage
(8-10%). Small pages that don't repeat keywords too often perform rather
well in the search engines.
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Headers
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Your header tag should
be very similar to your title tag. The best thing to do here is copy your
title tag and shorten it if it exceeds 10 words and use that as your header
tag.
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Link Text
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This is the hardest
area to get a good rating in, and frankly we generally don't bother. Your
link text should be between 10-25 words with 30-60% being your primary
keywords. The best thing to do here is use text links that feature your
keywords. If you don't get a good rating, but feature your keywords in the
link text you should be alright from a promotional standpoint.
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Alt Text
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Your word count should
be between 10-25 words with 30-60% being your primary keywords. Don't type
whole sentences for your alt text. Keep it short and sweet and you should do
well.
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Below the most
important meta tags are listed and how they affect your website are
explained.
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Title
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(<Title>): The title
tag is the most important meta tag and all too often is not utilized
properly. As with the description tag the title tag is what will attract
visitors to your website. When web surfers query a search engine the results
are based on relevance. When the websites are listed they are usually listed
in the following manner: (The title is highlighted with blue)
Your web page title will be displayed here - The description of your website
will be displayed here...
http://www.your-webpage.com/
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Description
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(<meta
name="Description..."): The description tag is the next most important meta
tag. As with the title, your description will typically be listed in the
search engines. The description is highlighted in red above. Like the title,
you will have to tread the fine line between creating an effective
description that will attract visitors and rank well in the search engines
for your keywords.
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Keywords
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(<meta
name="Keywords..."): Due to abuse by many websites in the past search
engines have reduced the importance of the keywords meta tag when ranking a
web page for keyword relevance. Many have actually decided to not even
consider the keywords tag altogether. While it has reduced in significance
it is still an important meta tag to include in your WebPages.
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Copyright
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(<meta
name="Copyright..."): The copyright meta tag, as with the rest of the meta
tags to be discussed, are hidden. They are not viewable in the search engine
results or your web page. The copyright meta tag is essentially an
opportunity for you to enter your company name in the meta tags. Some
engines will read this tag, which could result in you ranking higher for
your company name in the engines then you would otherwise.
Robots (<meta name="Robots..."): The robots tag serves as a set of
instruction for the search engines when they visit your website. You can
tell the search engines to index all of your web page, only the ones
promoted, or none of your WebPages. This is an important tag that should not
be excluded.
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Rating
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(<meta
name="Rating..."): The ratings meta tag will tell the search engines a
little more about your website. Whether it is acceptable for all audiences,
or for adult audiences only. Some engines will directly look for this meta
tag so be sure to include it within your web page.
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Distribution
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(<meta
name="Distribution..."): The distribution tag will tell the search engines
if your website is intended for a worldwide audience or not. While most
websites are meant to be viewed by everyone, few include this meta tag on
their web page. |