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I just got hold of a 'new' O'Reilly book "Google Hacks" (actually found it in Waterstones in Exeter!). It has a section on this (and driving the Google API, which is why I bought it). -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Midgley [mailto:akm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 06 June 2003 12:50 To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [LUG] CSS and search engines On Friday 06 June 2003 12:23, you wrote: > I'm not sure if search engines pay very much attention to meta > tags Google does not use meta tags. Google pays particular attention to text in properly marked headings so that was excellent advice. Google also attends to the text within links to a page. Google will report text, I think it doesn't report the meta descriptive text, so putting something at the top of the page that describes the page or site is a good idea. ht:/Dig the open source search engine _does_ pay attention to meta tags, and even defines some of its own. The eGIF (electronic Government Interchange Formats) specification is for the Dublin Core terms in metadata in the header. (Dublin Ohio.) That stuff seems to work well, but is more used in formal and controlled systems at present than on the Wild Wild Web. -- >From one of the Linux desktops of Dr Adrian Midgley http://www.defoam.net/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.