The Online Shop Designer Blog » meta http://www.tosd.com.au Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:29:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 The importance of good meta page descriptionshttp://www.tosd.com.au/2009/05/the-importance-of-good-meta-descriptions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-importance-of-good-meta-descriptions http://www.tosd.com.au/2009/05/the-importance-of-good-meta-descriptions/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:18:03 +0000 tosd http://www.tosd.com.au/?p=1133 Whether you have a modern CMS such as CMS Made Simple, or and online shop based on Prestashop or Viart, the facility exists for administrators to insert meta information to describe the page to search engines.  Here are some good references I have come across to help with this task:

And this is a nice article on writing page titles just to round off the subject. While titles are arguably not as imortant as descriptions they are still relevant:

And what about meta keywords?

Well, the truth is that they are no longer very relevant at all. Still, if you would like to use them ensure that you use no more than about 5-6 words. Long lists of keywords are more likely to have your site flagged for spamming.

]]> http://www.tosd.com.au/2009/05/the-importance-of-good-meta-descriptions/feed/ 0 Webmaster Tools – for everyone!http://www.tosd.com.au/2009/05/webmaster-tools-for-everyone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=webmaster-tools-for-everyone http://www.tosd.com.au/2009/05/webmaster-tools-for-everyone/#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 06:17:43 +0000 tosd http://www.tosd.com.au/?p=1108 I often get asked for useful utilities to help site administrators to perform various functions. So that everyone may benefit I have decided to start assembling a collection:

More will be added over time, however in the mean time if you would like to suggest a utility feel free to leave a comment and I will add it to the list.

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