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Hi!
We have a site that is indexed by Google, but it's position is about 550.
I would greatly appreciate any ideas how I can make this site more Google friendly.
Please be as specific as possible.
Also according to our log our site has been visited by the MSNbot several times, but we are still not indexed.
Any ideas?
http://www.orlando-web-hosting.net
Thank you in advance.
We have a site that is indexed by Google, but it's position is about 550.
I would greatly appreciate any ideas how I can make this site more Google friendly.
Please be as specific as possible.
Also according to our log our site has been visited by the MSNbot several times, but we are still not indexed.
Any ideas?
http://www.orlando-web-hosting.net
Thank you in advance.
ASKER
Hi Corey!
I just tried it and it works for me.
Are you using dialup or a high speed internet connection?
I just tried it and it works for me.
Are you using dialup or a high speed internet connection?
It works now - high speed.
-Corey
-Corey
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TrueBlue -
Sorry I just noticed your second question.
MSNBot is a prototype crawler and at the moment does not influence msn search results which are powered by Inktomi. You can submit to Inktomi here http://submitit.bcentral.com/msnsubmit.htm but I would tidy up your code first.
- duz
Sorry I just noticed your second question.
MSNBot is a prototype crawler and at the moment does not influence msn search results which are powered by Inktomi. You can submit to Inktomi here http://submitit.bcentral.com/msnsubmit.htm but I would tidy up your code first.
- duz
ASKER
Hi Duz!
I used a template to create the site and did not know about the alt tags apparently this is something the author put in the templates.
What would you call a image that is a border or check mark, etc?
Thank you in advance.
I used a template to create the site and did not know about the alt tags apparently this is something the author put in the templates.
What would you call a image that is a border or check mark, etc?
Thank you in advance.
TrueBlue -
>What would you call a image that is a border or check mark, etc?
Just that! It is designed to be a text representation of the image when the user has images turned off in their browser i.e. the visually impaired with text to speech software for example. Make sure it is under 80 characters in length and if you need more use longdesc.
Required reading here:
W3C - Use the alt attribute http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/altAttribute
W3C 7.1 Short text equivalents for images ("alt-text") http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#image-text-equivalent
W3C 7.2 Long description of images http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#long-descriptions
- duz
>What would you call a image that is a border or check mark, etc?
Just that! It is designed to be a text representation of the image when the user has images turned off in their browser i.e. the visually impaired with text to speech software for example. Make sure it is under 80 characters in length and if you need more use longdesc.
Required reading here:
W3C - Use the alt attribute http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/altAttribute
W3C 7.1 Short text equivalents for images ("alt-text") http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#image-text-equivalent
W3C 7.2 Long description of images http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#long-descriptions
- duz
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Thanks!
-Corey