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Google = "nokeywords"

Chris 6 Comments

The suspicions of many developers and SEO operatives have been confirmed: Google doesn't care about our Keywords.

Well, at least not keywords housed in meta tags. According to the official Google Webmaster blog in a post released on Monday, Matt Cutts explains Google's position on the usage of meta tags, focusing especially on keywords.

Q: Does Google ever use the "keywords" meta tag in its web search ranking?

A: In a word, no...

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Google Indexes Flash

Will 2 Comments

Google has announced improvements to their Flash indexing!

Unfortunately, Googlebots do not execute all JavaScript they encounter, so, if your SWFs are loaded via JavaScript, you may want to switch to SWFObject 2’s static method in order to ensure visibility.

For now, only static textual content is crawled but, as a Flash Developer, it's exciting to have Flash applications becoming more legit in the eyes of search engines. For a more detailed Q&A, head over to Flash Charlotte.

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5 SEO Tips to Consider While Planning a Website

Michael 0 Comments

Hidden at the end of most website task lists is that pesky little duty of search engine optimization (SEO). Many consider SEO to be a post-production part of a website; a job for the marketing department or search engine marketing (SEM) vendor that is typically handled by the client or copywriter, not the developer. While this may be true to a degree, many of the more advantageous SEO tricks fall solely on the developer to implement before the website even launches.

With that said, I'd like to point out five SEO tips and misconceptions that hold true with nearly every website.

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