[pmwiki-users] Questions re pmWiki and how best achieve Search Engine Optimization for highest "Page Rank"?
Henry Gurr
HenryG at aiken.sc.edu
Fri Jul 21 14:23:13 CDT 2006
Dear pmWiki Users
pmWiki is a wonderfully good piece of software, for which I am eternally
grateful. And I understand (from reading various places in
www.pmWiki.com) that pmWiki is already structured so as to make it easy
for search engines to crawl pmWiki WebSites. For example pmWiki already
has a features already setup for robots, such as the code: <meta
name='robots' content='index,follow' /> This is a fact I discovered in
one of the Cookbook pages.
However, in looking over Google Webmaster Guidelines, I notice some
points that I want to ask about relevant to the Search Engine
Optimization (SEO) as stated on:
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35769
So in the spirit of constructive inquiry I ask the following. (Answerers
to these questions might well be also added to www.pmWiki.com.)
1) How much thought has gone into being sure pmWiki sites help maintain
highest possible "search engine page rank".
2) Of course webmasters should read many SEO pages and carefully to
follow the the rules so his *own* Wiki content will achieve a hi page
rank. But are there other parts of www.pmWiki that the webmaster should
be careful to supply specific content or choices?
3) What other important things should pmWiki software developers be
doing for SEO, in addition to what is already done.
Let me give an example of one item I wonder about: All of my pmWiki
pages seem to have the* same* "title line", irrespective of the topic of
that particular page. Here is the "title line" I find on all my pages:
<title>Research Info: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance | Main |
Home Page </title>
But one SEO author says: "*Remember to use different, *but relevant
*title tag text on each page of your site - this is *very* important.*
Only use keywords that appear on the page and avoid repeating the same
word more than twice. If you feel the need to repeat a word, put one
instance near the beginning and one towards the end."
Here is and other example" Although Metatag lists of Keywords, may no
longer be as important as they once were, should there be a special
place in pmWiki for a Metatag lists of Keywords? This would of course
call for special instruction as to how to do this.
Thanking you in advance for any enlightment you may provide.
Henry Gurr
http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/
*********** More Information from good webpages re SEO **************
PS Here are some passages I found that seem to say what a WebMaster
should be doing. Such instructions cold be also added with other
instructions and hints for pmWiki Users.
The whole issue of successful search engine optimization can really be
summed up in this statement:
Relevant quality site using:
Relevant anchor text AND
Relevant domain name AND
Relevant file/folder name AND
Relevant page title tags AND
Relevant content and headings
THUS PRODUCING
better rankings.
http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles3/anchor-text-optimization.htm
*So what do you do?*
There's a lot to take onboard here and consider. But you can't go far
wrong with your SEO if you try to grow your site as organically as
possible.
If you know what you are doing you can take short cuts. Carry on with
link exchanges but consider each site carefully and slow down in your
gathering of them. Vary your anchor text. Add small amounts of good
quality content to your site regularly. Check your search engine
listings and edit your site to include a call to action in them if
possible. Make your site more 'sticky' to encourage visitors to stay a
while. Encourage visitors to Bookmark your site. Oh, and register new
domain names for at least two years.
http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/6-10-2005-71368.asp
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