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How about a search engine topic

Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:32 am
by php3ch0
Hi I think it would be good to have a search engine and SEO topic in the forum

Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:48 am
by Chris Corbyn
A whole forums on SEO? Like how we have separate forums for Regex etc? :)

Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:54 am
by php3ch0
Yes like that.

Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:58 am
by Roja
php3ch0 wrote:Yes like that.
Mixed bag.

Personally, I'd say there isn't really enough material to fill a full section. What material there is is amply covered by existing resources like webmasterworld, searchenginewatch, and similar sites.

I don't think there is sufficient need. If we were getting 10 requests a week for SEO questions, then maybe it would be worth it. But we barely get 1/10th that.

Search engine optimization is really not that difficult.

That said, there might be value in a tutorial on it.

Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:01 am
by php3ch0
Thanks Guys it was just a suggestion.

Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 2:28 pm
by Chris Corbyn
Roja wrote:That said, there might be value in a tutorial on it.
Agreed. I think it's one of those things that many people seem to forget about from the outset and then think of as an afterthought. It works much better if you design webistes with SEO in mind and a tutorial there could be great :)

Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 4:42 pm
by Ambush Commander
Personally, I think Compliant, Context-Sensitive XHTML = SEO, good linking policies, adding meta tags and using simple words in your site descriptions, and that's all there is to it.

Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:02 pm
by Roja
Ambush Commander wrote:Personally, I think Compliant, Context-Sensitive XHTML = SEO, good linking policies, adding meta tags and using simple words in your site descriptions, and that's all there is to it.
All the good design in the world won't do you any good if no one links to you. :)

Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:04 pm
by Ambush Commander
Exactly. Content content content.

Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:09 am
by timvw
Or setting up a _lot_ of sites with links to other sites of you... linkfarms ;)

Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:14 am
by JayBird
Get yourself over to http://www.spider-food.net for all your SEO questions

Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:17 am
by timvw
I've found http://seoblackhat.com a good read too ;)

Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:49 am
by php3ch0
Thanks people I will go check it out.