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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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Effective Description Tags
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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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Keywords
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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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Fluidity
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The fluidity
rating tells you if you use your keywords consistently
throughout the web page. You will want to have 70-80% of your
primary keyword usage in the top half of the body. This means
that you will have between 20-30% in the bottom half, which
adds to the continuity of the web page.
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Overall
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Site Screamer
will provide an rating for your web page. You may end up with a
poor or fair rating here and still fare well in the search
engines if your keywords aren't too competitive. If you have
highly competitive keywords you should try to get a good
overall rating. We will give you the
information you need to place high on the search engines.
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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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Keywords
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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.
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