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Ghostnetworks
New Member
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 Posted - 19 July 2005 : 19:50:59
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Oh no no... Don't remove that.
Just put in a description of your site above all the content.
Right under the scrolling banner would do. Maybe you can add an extra row underneath it and add a small blurb about the site.
The Google bot will usually only index the first paragraph on a page. Only if the text too small in length will it go on to the next paragraph. So if you have a decent size, ( 5 - 10 words will do nicely ) then you're all set.
Actually that'll not only help the Google bot, but us humans as well  |
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Edited by - Ghostnetworks on 19 July 2005 19:52:15 |
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-gary
Development Team Member
406 Posts |
Posted - 20 July 2005 : 00:19:10
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I don't know if Google ignores text with a negative indent value, but if not, you can put a desciptiive paragraph up high on the page and wrap it in <div style="text-indent: -9999px;">blah</div>
Crawlers will see the text, but any CSS aware browser should render it outside of the screen. That way, it won't disrupte your layout. |
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StephenD
Senior Member
Australia
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Posted - 20 July 2005 : 01:09:55
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| Thanks guys, I've put -gary's div just after the scroller and put the 'secure server login' text back in. Cheers. |
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StephenD
Senior Member
Australia
1044 Posts |
Posted - 26 July 2005 : 01:29:41
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Over 5+ weeks now and still no luck. Here is the URL again. www.staffcheck.com.au. Click away guys!  |
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pdrg
Support Moderator
United Kingdom
2897 Posts |
Posted - 26 July 2005 : 08:41:55
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quote:
Originally posted by -gary
I don't know if Google ignores text with a negative indent value, but if not, you can put a desciptiive paragraph up high on the page and wrap it in <div style="text-indent: -9999px;">blah</div>
Just take care when trying to 'hide' text from crawlers - some search engines will consider this 'trying to cheat' and so DEMOTE you in the listings (as with white text on white, ultra-mini-text, etc).
If you think about it, it is in the engines best interests to sandbox/exclude sites trying to be 'too clever' as these tricks were/are used by pr0n/gambling/whatever companies to try to get free click-through revenue, spoiling the effectiveness of the engine, so losing market share. This is exactly why META-tags are now worthless! |
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StephenD
Senior Member
Australia
1044 Posts |
Posted - 31 July 2005 : 21:23:28
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Over 6 weeks now, I've resubmitted the site to google again: www.staffcheck.com.au
Starting to get worried.... |
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MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator
Netherlands
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Ghostnetworks
New Member
95 Posts |
Posted - 02 August 2005 : 03:42:16
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If you want, maybe I can redirect all my 404 traffic to your site? 
I get a ton of those. |
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StephenD
Senior Member
Australia
1044 Posts |
Posted - 02 August 2005 : 03:51:12
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| Hey, that's not a bad idea!! |
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
6780 Posts |
Posted - 02 August 2005 : 06:23:32
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Slightly off-topic but take a look at that site using Firefox; it's a bit all over the place.
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 Search is your friend
“I was having a mildly paranoid day, mostly due to the
fact that the mad priest lady from over the river had
taken to nailing weasels to my front door again.” |
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StephenD
Senior Member
Australia
1044 Posts |
Posted - 02 August 2005 : 06:39:08
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| Yikes, what happened there! It was never like that before... investigating now. |
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StephenD
Senior Member
Australia
1044 Posts |
Posted - 02 August 2005 : 07:29:40
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| Thanks Shaggy, I ran a validator last week that suggested putting a closing / at the end of each img tag. Didn't check Firefox afterwards. Ok now. |
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
6780 Posts |
Posted - 02 August 2005 : 07:31:28
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Try preceding the / with a space to get around this.
I.E. <img [properties] />
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Search is your friend
“I was having a mildly paranoid day, mostly due to the
fact that the mad priest lady from over the river had
taken to nailing weasels to my front door again.” |
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Ghostnetworks
New Member
95 Posts |
Posted - 03 August 2005 : 02:54:04
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Oh yes.
Netscape and older browsers go nuts for some reason without that extra space.
BTW... All my 404's are going to your site now |
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StephenD
Senior Member
Australia
1044 Posts |
Posted - 07 August 2005 : 19:06:02
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| 7+ weeks now and still no joy. I've resubmitted again, uploaded another sitemap, sent another email to google support... |
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