Meta Tag Question?

Bob Kaplan

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Jan 31, 2002, 9:05:26 AM1/31/02

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Hi Folks,

I am updating my web site and realized that we do three different lines of
business. I would like the search engines to catch all three lines of
business if possible.

Is it better to put meta tags in one place even though they cover three
different topics or is it better to do them separately as shown below? In
other words, can you do three different sets of meta tags???

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Allan Webber

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Jan 31, 2002, 9:10:27 AM1/31/02

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The norm is to place all the businesses in one line of keywords

EG

This matters not with most search engine submission these days.

Most ask you for the keywords (or you to place the site in the correct
category) when submitting the site.

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Bob Kaplan

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Jan 31, 2002, 9:19:28 AM1/31/02

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Thanks Allan,

But does it make any sets to have two sets of keywords or is it just as well
to combine them into one large list?

Also, are you saying that Google and others don't check the keywords and
that you have to submit your site to them? They do find me now but I want to
come up with different search strings for different topics that it currently
does not catch.

Thanks a lot,

Bob

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Tom Pepper Willett

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Jan 31, 2002, 9:27:14 AM1/31/02

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No, 2 sets will most likely cause you problems with the search engines, and
may keep you from getting listed. Also note that your keywords must match
text on the page.
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TL Price

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Jan 31, 2002, 9:41:26 AM1/31/02

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> we do three different lines of business.
> I would like the search engines to catch all three lines of
> business if possible

Hi Bob,

A page with highly related Title, Keywords, and content
will rank far better than one addressing three different themes.

Consider a well planned page for each business line.

My site has a free tool that can help you with the Meta Tags.

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Allan Webber

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Jan 31, 2002, 9:42:42 AM1/31/02

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Bob Kaplan wrote:

> But does it make any sets to have two sets of keywords or is it
> just as well to combine them into one large list?

The general rule is to put all the keywords associated with what you
do, in one meta tag (as I demonstrated). If you have sub-areas of
your site for each category, you may have separate keywords relating
to that specific area, in each of those pages. This is a matter of
taste.

> Also, are you saying that Google and others don't check the keywords
> and that you have to submit your site to them?

You have to submit your site to all of them. None of them come
looking for you. You need to go to each of them and find their "submit
a Site" type page.

There's usually a form on these pages, for you to fill in. These forms
usually require :

Your Name
The Site's URL
A Valid email address to contact you, should there be a problem.
A Short Description of the site
The actual keywords you want to use (usually length restricted)
separated by commas.

Some don't ask for keywords, and take them from your meta tags (though
not very many).

Others (like Yahoo) will require you to find the correct category for
your site. Once found, you select "Suggest a site" and fill in the
same sort of forms as the one listed above.

In the case of Yahoo, if you do three different types of work, then
you will need to "suggest a site" in each one of those three
categories.

I don't suggest you submit to Yahoo more than three times.

For further information on Search Engine Submission see :

http://newbee.hostroute.co.uk/where_to_begin.htm#SearchEnginePlacement

W Lauzon

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Jan 31, 2002, 10:39:48 AM1/31/02

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On our main website we do nearly every tag different for every page ( or
every class of page).

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Bob Kaplan

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Jan 31, 2002, 6:42:45 PM1/31/02

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Thanks for all the help everyone. I do see the idea now.

Bob

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