Re: garden.com and search engines
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] garden.com and search engines
- From: B*
- Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 03:56:36 -0800
- References: <0.bbce9b9b.258dfea4@aol.com>
Jeanne M. Hannah wrote:
[It is
> the metatags at the top of a web page that permit the search engine to find
> the page with the specified text. Metatags are hidden inserts at the top of
> each web page, not seen by the web user, that lead a search engine to list
> that page as having the search terms. It is expensive to develop a catalog
> with metatags and shopping carts.]
Hi Jeanne
Metatags are only one way search engines find sites. Yahoo actually
doesn't use them at all, it relies on people to qualify a site and add
it to their database. Other search engines index the text on a site
looking for keywords. Others use titles, and still others use metatags.
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Bye
Bob
Bob Axmear 208 2nd St Ne Waukon,Ia 52172-1308
http://www.hostasonline.com/ Hostasonline.com
http://www.gardensights.com GARDENSIGHTS.COM
