meta tag question
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Topic: meta tag question
Posted By: joshb
Subject: meta tag question
Date Posted: 11 February 2003 at 3:14pm
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if i add an inlcude file at the top of my pages and manage my meta keywords fro mone file for all my pages the search engines will still pick them up, right? ------------- I'm a wannabe programmer that knows how to do nothing but create invalid procedure arguments. http://www.soopportal.com"> 
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Posted By: faubo
Date Posted: 11 February 2003 at 5:56pm
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right, but them you will probably got only your first page in their databases (since all the other will look a little like the same). unique meta tags for each page are a lot of work but it pays off. ------------- http://www.conhecerparaconservar.org - I don't know how to make you click here |
Posted By: joshb
Date Posted: 11 February 2003 at 7:59pm
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well i was going to do a if request.servervariables("script_name") = "/thispage.asp" Then metakeywrds = "blah blah salkjsaldkj" elsif end if you get the idea. I was just wondering if that would work. ------------- I'm a wannabe programmer that knows how to do nothing but create invalid procedure arguments. http://www.soopportal.com">
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Posted By: KCWebMonkey
Date Posted: 11 February 2003 at 11:41pm
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I remember a thread about this not too long ago where someone said not to put meta tags inside an .inc file because the search spiders can't read them. Not 100% sure about this, but i would find out before i did it. |
joshb wrote:Posted By: joshb
Date Posted: 12 February 2003 at 12:10am
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well I figured posting here would be as good a place as any to find out whether or not. hmm...have I wrongly placed my trust in this community? ------------- I'm a wannabe programmer that knows how to do nothing but create invalid procedure arguments. http://www.soopportal.com">
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Posted By: faubo
Date Posted: 12 February 2003 at 10:16am
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Why you would want to do that? put many if and elses... doing this you will write unique meta tags for each of your pages anyway... but every page will have to run (serverside) a lot of if's and elses to find the metatags that should appear in that page... and if you want to change it you would have to go search in a big include rather than the page you want to fix directly... ------------- http://www.conhecerparaconservar.org - I don't know how to make you click here |
Posted By: KCWebMonkey
Date Posted: 12 February 2003 at 1:30pm
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I wasn't saying you can't get the answer here... I was only saying what I was told. |
Posted By: KCWebMonkey
Date Posted: 12 February 2003 at 8:38pm
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UPDATE: I researched this and found this: Long answer: "search engines request pages the same way as every client does - via HTTP protocol, so the server parses SSI the same way it's done for clients. Spiders won't note any difference (unless they somehow access your site via FTP)" Short answer: yes, search engines will pick up meta tags inside an SSI. |
Posted By: phineas
Date Posted: 24 February 2003 at 10:56am
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I agree with the thought that you are overcomplicating the process. And increasing load times for your pages. I use a lot of SSI in my pages, but I am careful to balance programming ease with server load and speed. But then again, I am no expert... |