Comments on: SEO - from a coders view http://pistachiomonkey.com/blog/archives/105 Digital Dynamic Media Services Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:09:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Peter Bui http://pistachiomonkey.com/blog/archives/105#comment-124 Peter Bui Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:34:37 +0000 http://pistachiomonkey.com/blog/archives/105#comment-124 Hey there, I noticed that you referenced an article that I wrote on semantic web design. http://peter.pbwebdev.com.au/2008/03/semantic-web-layouts-optimised.html I've just updated my website using a new CMS. Can you update your link please to http://peter.pbwebdev.com.au/design/semantic-web-design.html Hey there, I noticed that you referenced an article that I wrote on semantic web design. http://peter.pbwebdev.com.au/2008/03/semantic-web-layouts-optimised.html

I’ve just updated my website using a new CMS.

Can you update your link please to

http://peter.pbwebdev.com.au/design/semantic-web-design.html

]]> By: Anthony Frey http://pistachiomonkey.com/blog/archives/105#comment-107 Anthony Frey Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:10:25 +0000 http://pistachiomonkey.com/blog/archives/105#comment-107 Nice article, I love it. I just had an argument a week ago with one of the tech managers because i said SEO and accessibility almost go hand in hand. By that i ment, acomplishing one usually acomplishes the other, but ofcouse that doesnt go for color and contrast types of accessibility, but for the most part they are very similiar. I further tried to expain that search engines were pretty much just like people with severe disabilities, and coding for one will normally benefit the other. Anyway, thanks for the article! Nice article, I love it. I just had an argument a week ago with one of the tech managers because i said SEO and accessibility almost go hand in hand. By that i ment, acomplishing one usually acomplishes the other, but ofcouse that doesnt go for color and contrast types of accessibility, but for the most part they are very similiar. I further tried to expain that search engines were pretty much just like people with severe disabilities, and coding for one will normally benefit the other. Anyway, thanks for the article!

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]]> By: Nick http://pistachiomonkey.com/blog/archives/105#comment-105 Nick Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:34:24 +0000 http://pistachiomonkey.com/blog/archives/105#comment-105 Search engines weight things according to the tag which they sit. Items in a <p> are less important than when in a <h#> because its more likely to be an appropriate keyword match. Likewise with the nav, but as I said we want to disregard the nav as its on every page and thus hardly page specific because that keyword is now on every page. The spiders are after the jam at the end of the day (the juicy filling in the doughnut, the quicker they get there the better), after all a doughnut is always the same but sometimes the filling is different, jam.. chocolate etc Is my analogy barking mad? Search engines weight things according to the tag which they sit. Items in a

are less important than when in a because its more likely to be an appropriate keyword match. Likewise with the nav, but as I said we want to disregard the nav as its on every page and thus hardly page specific because that keyword is now on every page.

The spiders are after the jam at the end of the day (the juicy filling in the doughnut, the quicker they get there the better), after all a doughnut is always the same but sometimes the filling is different, jam.. chocolate etc

Is my analogy barking mad?

]]> By: Martina Costello http://pistachiomonkey.com/blog/archives/105#comment-104 Martina Costello Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:57:11 +0000 http://pistachiomonkey.com/blog/archives/105#comment-104 I find this really useful from an usability and IA point of view. It gives me a really thorough understanding of the coding standards that are required to be SEO compliant. I can now go forth and provide a set of instructions in my schematics for both coders and copywriters. BTW love the jam donut analogy -it really hits the nail on the head. Keep up the good work. I find this really useful from an usability and IA point of view. It gives me a really thorough understanding of the coding standards that are required to be SEO compliant. I can now go forth and provide a set of instructions in my schematics for both coders and copywriters.

BTW love the jam donut analogy -it really hits the nail on the head. Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Ruth J http://pistachiomonkey.com/blog/archives/105#comment-103 Ruth J Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:30:39 +0000 http://pistachiomonkey.com/blog/archives/105#comment-103 Thanks for this. It's super-useful! Am I right in thinking it’s more from a usability point of view? When clients ask us to SEO something, they mean more than just make it easy for search engines to look through. They mean cram it with key search words, in the places search engines like to look. They want their pages as close to the top of as many natural searches as possible. Our developers seemed hot on putting their keywords in H1, H2 and H3 tags, in links and in navigation as well as in 4-11% of the body copy. Do you think they’re only into keywords in nav when it’s at the top of the code? Or do search engine spiders give precedence to navigation? Does this make sense? Am I barking up the wrong tree? Thanks for this. It’s super-useful!

Am I right in thinking it’s more from a usability point of view? When clients ask us to SEO something, they mean more than just make it easy for search engines to look through. They mean cram it with key search words, in the places search engines like to look. They want their pages as close to the top of as many natural searches as possible. Our developers seemed hot on putting their keywords in H1, H2 and H3 tags, in links and in navigation as well as in 4-11% of the body copy. Do you think they’re only into keywords in nav when it’s at the top of the code? Or do search engine spiders give precedence to navigation?

Does this make sense? Am I barking up the wrong tree?

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