How to Optimize your META tags

How to Optimize your META tags


A vital part of making your pages on your website more 'accessible' to the search engines are the META tags. There are a number of different ones. However, for purposes of this introduction, only the META DESCRIPTION and META KEYWORDS will be examined as they are the most important as as as site placing is concerned.
META DESCRIPTION

The META DESCRIPTION tag of this page looks like so:




These are the words that will appear in the text of the listing of most [not all] search engines when you do a search. Use interesting words because this is what your reader will see.

Consider the following - which one would you click on if your were looking for a holiday home?

Nice holiday home.

Happy holidays! Breathtaking Ocean view with beautiful garden and outdoor entertainment area.

Make the description interesting and relevant. No point in telling your would be visitor you have a sea view when you sell trucks!

META KEYWORDS

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HOW DO I GET TRAFFIC TO MY SITE?


Many people think that having a good website is all you need to get tons of visitors. Wrong answer. Getting traffic to your site takes hard work and diligence and is not accomplished overnight. Think about it this way - how are people supposed to know where to find your site if you don't tell them? You must advertise. Here are some proven ways to advertise your site without spending [much] money:
Submit your site to as many search engines as you can. Here are some of the popular ones you can start with:
Alexa AltaVista AllTheWeb AOL Ask
DMOZ ExactSeek Excite GigaBlast Google
Hotbot Kanoodle Live Lycos LookSmart
MSN National Directory Netscape SearchIt WebCrawler
What-U-Seek Yahoo