Which file do Meta Tags go?

#1

Hi All,

I have a frame based web site. My frame definitions are in index.htm. I
want to start putting in the various meta tags so I can get listed on the
search engines. Do the Meta tags go into index.htm? Why when I'm in DW and
I go into Insert/HTML/Head Tags are the META tags greyed out? I could go
directly into the code and type them in, however, is this where they should
go?

Thanks,
Joe

#2

You can hand code meta tags into any page you want, and that's probably the
best way to go.

Spiders will see the source of all pages, but meta tags only play a small
part in rankings overall. However they are still a Good Thing to have in all
your heads, and they don't hurt to have, even if some spiders don't rank
head tags with much inportance.

Open View/Code and put some variation of these tags between your <head> and
</head> tags:

<meta name="description" content="put site description here">
<meta name="keywords" content="put keywords here">
<meta name="resource-type" content="document">
<meta name="document-type" content="Public">
<meta name="document-classification" content="Internet">
<meta name="language" content="en">
<meta name="copyright" content="Copyright © put your company name
here">
<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="put number of days here">
<meta name="revisit-after" content="7 days"> (or however long it takes for
your content to refresh)

Then go to the only free submission pages that count and submit your index
page and frame source pages:

www.google.com/addurl.html
http://dmoz.org/add.html
http://submit.search.yahoo.com/

And the back-door to the beta version of MS's crawler:
http://support.msn.com/feedbacksearch.aspx

Regards,

Joe

"Joe Reiss" <medidata (AT) ix (DOT) netcom.com> wrote

Quote:

Hi All,

I have a frame based web site. My frame definitions are in index.htm. I
want to start putting in the various meta tags so I can get listed on the
search engines. Do the Meta tags go into index.htm? Why when I'm in DW
and
I go into Insert/HTML/Head Tags are the META tags greyed out? I could go
directly into the code and type them in, however, is this where they
should
go?

Thanks,
Joe

#3

Are you sure you want to use frames?

http://apptools.com/rants/framesevil.php

Anyhow, each page in the site should have page-specific meta tags, if you
are going to use them at all....

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"Joe Reiss" <medidata (AT) ix (DOT) netcom.com> wrote

Quote:

Hi All,

I have a frame based web site. My frame definitions are in index.htm. I
want to start putting in the various meta tags so I can get listed on the
search engines. Do the Meta tags go into index.htm? Why when I'm in DW
and
I go into Insert/HTML/Head Tags are the META tags greyed out? I could go
directly into the code and type them in, however, is this where they
should
go?

Thanks,
Joe

#4

OK, but why does DW in its menu have the option to add meta tags grey out?

Thanks,
Joe

"Murray *TMM*" <forums (AT) HAHAgreat-web-sights (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Are you sure you want to use frames?

http://apptools.com/rants/framesevil.php

Anyhow, each page in the site should have page-specific meta tags, if you
are going to use them at all....

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Hi All,

I have a frame based web site. My frame definitions are in index.htm.
I
want to start putting in the various meta tags so I can get listed on
the
search engines. Do the Meta tags go into index.htm? Why when I'm in DW
and
I go into Insert/HTML/Head Tags are the META tags greyed out? I could
go
directly into the code and type them in, however, is this where they
should
go?

Thanks,
Joe

#5

hmmm...they shouldnt be greyed out. Is the page you want to add tags to open?
I know with DW MX 2004 I just open the page I want to add tags to, go up to the
menu and add the tags. Nothing is greyed out. INSERT>HTML>HEADTAGS

#6

Is there anything special about index.htm as opposed to all the other htm
files that make my web site?

Thanks,
Joe

"A.H.O." <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

hmmm...they shouldnt be greyed out. Is the page you want to add tags to
open?
I know with DW MX 2004 I just open the page I want to add tags to, go up
to the
menu and add the tags. Nothing is greyed out. INSERT>HTML>HEADTAGS

#7

The only difference is that the index page whether it is htm or html is the
one that loads as your entry page when typing in your url into a browser..

Not sure what you are asking here and what it relates to - sorry

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"Joe Reiss" <medidata (AT) ix (DOT) netcom.com> wrote

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Is there anything special about index.htm as opposed to all the other htm
files that make my web site?

Thanks,
Joe

"A.H.O." <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote in message
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hmmm...they shouldnt be greyed out. Is the page you want to add tags to
open?
I know with DW MX 2004 I just open the page I want to add tags to, go up
to the
menu and add the tags. Nothing is greyed out. INSERT>HTML>HEADTAGS

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