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[ic] IC and search engines
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Ryan Hertz wrote:
RH>>> > There are all sorts of ways. Most of them will depend on your web server,
RH>>> > not on IC. Search the mailing list archives for rewrite.
RH>>>
RH>>>One way that works real well is to link Google into your individual
RH>>>product pages. Experience has shown that if the product description is
RH>>>in the <title>, it gets ranked higher when that is the search term.
RH>>>
RH>>>(NOTE: Google's link-based algorithms sometimes make all this moot.
RH>>>This method really worked well back in the days of Altavista; sometimes
RH>>>my clients would be a consistent 1-3 at Altavista when searching for
RH>>>a particular product.)
RH>>>
RH>>>Make a page that does a single line link to each product:
RH>>>
RH>>>i.e.
RH>>>
RH>>> [loop search="
RH>>> fi=products
RH>>> st=db
RH>>> ra=yes
RH>>> ml=10000
RH>>> "]
RH>>> <A HREF="http://__SERVER_NAME____CGI_URL__/[loop-code].html";>
RH>>> [loop-field description]
RH>>> </A><br>
RH>>> [/loop]
RH>>
RH>>I would have to definitely agree with this method -- it's called a sitemap
RH>>-- and regardless of running Interchange, it is probably the best way to
RH>>get your site indexed. Some customers find it useful, too.
What do we call it and where do we put it so that google will find it?
-= Jim =-
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