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- inspiration0
statues - the guy must be joking.
- anon0
i know and it's the last resort for laymen who have no clue and no money and still wanna show up when someone's feeling lucky.
- mg330
The problem is 50 percent him, and 50 percent the people who would find him.
Let's break it down:
Statues:
Of what?
In what city?
In what state?He doesn't sell over the web and is trying to get people into his shop. So, he's local, and SEO needs to be tailored to that.
Is his demographic generally a smart group of people, or are they not? If SEO was perfect, would the ideal customer even be typing in city+state+product description+store ?
- Engage_London0
say if you had an index.php page.. .could you use php to write into it the latest meta tags?
- uberdesigner0
tell him that he gets what he pays for
- kyl30
always hated the word 'statues'
- uberdesigner0
it's 'statute' not 'statue' you n00bs
- wetterink0
i have never seen a spider-man statute
- kyl30
there should be a law against running around in tights if you're a man ; )
- skelly0
The best he can do is to have a unique name for his business. He's probably showing up on all those search engines on page 303945834.
- UndoUndo0
use the name of the business in the page title, meta tags, and use the no script tag to place relevant content for spiders. it will help if his domain name also has his business name ie www.web-design-team.com etc
meta tags are used for ranking on keywords but will help with the company name on a keyword.
you can also check out the macromedia flash optimistation tool which will output content from yr swf for the spider to read. it was in beta the last time i looked.
hope that helps
- MX_OnD0
Flash 8 will be your best friend ever.
Meta data in flash... vvvvvvvvrrrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooom...
problem solved.
- UndoUndo0
haha MX yr loving that training!
meta data? hmmm not really used by search engines anymore tho
- nburlington0
throw some text on the pages with css set hide the elements. search engines will still pick it up.
- MX_OnD0
oh aye, Flash8 is the muttsNutts like!!
more for designers than coders admittedly but super sexy indeed.
throw some text on the pages with css set hide the elements. search engines will still pick it up.
nburlington
(Sep 8 05, 11:07)you could have your swf on top of a div with text for example... the swf will always have the highest z-index.
- mikotondria20
ah, your clients got to be joking - top placing for a word like 'statues' for a poxy little local store, for $1k!! do me an effing favor.
Yes, he is trying to guilt trip you into doing a more seo-friendly version of the site..Were you to agree, for a suitable fee no less, to take on this extra work, I would recommend using:
http://blog.deconcept.com/flasho…
method of embedding the flash, onto a php page that presents a slightly different title each time, has suitable h1, h2 etc tags, on light pages, with the keywords high up the page..
Get back-links going too..Dont do any of this for less than your proper fee.
Even then, I wouldnt guarantee him first page placings on Google with 'statues'..Gone are the days when the internet was not the trading domain of mega-corps.
Or something.
- Rand0
put all the text on the flash sniffer page that nobody ever sees
- canuck0
Tell him to fek off. There are people who make optimization their job. I'm sure if he is "savvy" he knew the risks of a full flash site.
I couldnt be bothered finding out what he is selling but chances are their are a million other people selling the same product, so getting ranked at the top isnt easy.
He could look into sponsored marketing, google adwords or whatever it is called. Start promoting the site in his marketing promotional materials. etc. Cross linking, if he is involved in associations, blah blah blah. He should at leat keep the site up, there are things you can do to get more traffic.
It takes time.
- anon0
or photoshop a google page with his site being #1, print it out and stick it on his screen by using spraymount, flip a bird, walk out, have a coffee.
- jevad0
hahaha
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