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Active Server Pages (.asp)
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Active Server Pages are indexed
by search engines usually without problems, unless there is a
question mark in the url address (.asp?) The question mark indicates
a script for the construction of a page, rather than just static
content.
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these days. AltaVista Express normalizes the URL. |
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Frame Formatted
Websites
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Frames may hinder a site's searchablity because
many search engines are confused as to which frame holds the indexable
textual information. Be sure to give the frameset file a descriptive
page title, meta tags, and loads of content in the <noframes>
section.
Does one portion of your page scroll while another
part stays stationary?
In your browser's MENU toolbar, CLICK on VIEW then
choose View Source. (AOL browsers don't do this, so
you should open Internet Explorer or NetScape browser). If
you see the word FRAMESET anywhere in the coding, your
site is formatted by frames.
For more details, Click Here:
How-To Optimize Frames to learn how to prepare a framed
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URL Redirects& Domain
Forwarders
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Your webpage is redirecting if your website url address changes
in the browser address box, while your page loads, or one page
opens momentarily then another page automatically opens. Some
search engines do not list auto-redirecting pages, others follow
the redirect and list the final destination page.
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This webpage automatically redirects::
http://gold.proboost.com/r
To STOP a really fast redirecting url in it's tracks and
view the html source code before it opens another page,
TYPE : view-source:http://www.yourWebPageAddress
Example: TYPE this into your browser address box:
view-source:http://gold.proboost.com/r
A webtool that may identify a redirecting page:
ScrubtheWeb
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Indexable Text
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Search engines do not see words in images, flash or animation.
They see font content; words in the textual body that can be highlighted
letter by letter. If your page is mainly graphical, if it's made
up of block images of text, you may be able to install some of
your keyword phrases into image alternative text (alt tags). Some
search engines do index image alt tags like normal text. Give
your images different sentences that use a keyword phrase of two.
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Hidden Text SPAM: This is hidden text spam
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Text hidden in the same color as the background
color is considered a SPAM offense. Search engines penalize ranking for
hidden text..
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Hold down your LEFT Mouse Button and DRAG it
over and after the above sentences. See the hidden text?
That is SPAM. Search Engines may ban a site for doing that.
Check your page. Get rid of any text hiding in background.
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Tiny Text
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Some of the major search engines might penalize your
site if a majority of the text is smaller than normal size. They
figure if it's too small to be read by visitors, it's probably
only there as an attempt to manipulate listings. Adult sites should
be careful with the percentage of tiny disclaimer text on their
page in relation to the normal.
It's important that text early on the page mentions
primary keyword phrases. If your first lines state your address,
a slogan or anything that doesn't mention at least one keyword
phrase, consider creating an image file that could say it instead.
You could then give that first image on your page a sentence using
keyword phrases as an image ALT tag.
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This very webpage may be guilty
of too much tiny size text. All the green blocks of text
areof a tiny size. What is tiny? Do people move closer to
the monitor and squint to read your page? It's recommended
that most of a page's text be size 2 or more.
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Duplicate Content
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Some engines have spiders that will look for duplicate
or near-duplicate content on the same Web site or across multiple
Web sites. When they find it, they may ban both sites or flag
it for human review.
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Do you have an affiliate site or a mirror site?
Is yours EXACTLY the same word-for-word as others being
submitted to search engines? Can you change anything? Can
you change the: page title, text content on page, meta description
tag, image file names, or Alt tags? If the site ifs formated
by frames, can you edit the frameset file and <noframes>
section? Visit Members Area Expert Chat for help.
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Bad Host Server
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Your hosting service can affect your site's search
listings. If your host fails to respond or is slow when a search
engine spider tries to visit, the search engine will NOT ADD the
webpage to it's database; instead, it will REMOVE any old listings
it has of it.
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Keep an eye on your site, be sure it's
up and running by visiting it often and refreshing your
cache. Your computer keeps a "copy", so you need
to click REFRESH to see what's LIVE. There are server monitor
tools you can get that attempt to contact your site every
30 minutes, if your server does not respond, it sends you
an Email or Email page.
You can check your webpage's load time with
HitBox Doctor
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FREE hosted sites may have difficulty listing for a variety of
reasons. Search engines may limit submission of a free host to
500 per day, so it may take a few submissions before it "takes".
If the hosting service also hosts many pornography sites or sites
that have been banned for spamming the search engines, your site
could be penalized or banned too. Guilt by association of having
the same underlying IP address of the server.
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If you have a bad or free host and it's not having success
listing in search engines, it's time to consider moving.
Host servers can cost anywhere from $9 a month and up, depending
on the needs of your site. HostIndex
is a directory you can search for one that matches your
needs.
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