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« on: April 14, 2009, 06:16:51 PM »

Hello, newbie question here as I am by no means a very qualified web designer. Anyhow, I made a website for a business client that I work with and I am having a heck of a time coming up in any search engine searches. I know it has to do with the meta tag and that it takes time for crawlers to throw you in the database. However, it has been a year and searching any combination of my meta name descriptions comes up blank. Any help is appreciated, I included the head portion of my site below.

url: http://www.cornerstonetruss.com


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<title>Cornerstone Truss, LLC</title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta name="description" content="Cornerstone Truss specializes in engineered wood trusses for the residential and commercial market, as well as framing and custom projects.">
<meta name="keywords" content="Truss, trusses, California trusses, Southern California trusses, San Diego wood truss, San Diego truss manufacturing, Los Angeles truss, Los Angeles wood truss manufacturer, truss jobs, framing, roofing, truss manufacturer, truss engineering, truss design, wood trusses, floor trusses, roof trusses, custom trusses, cornerstonetruss, cornerstone, aguanga truss, Inland Empire truss, Inland Empire trusses, Temecula trusses, Murrieta Trusses, Lake Elsinore Trusses, Southern California framers, Southern California Framing, California engineered wood products">
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« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2009, 06:20:03 PM »

Also depend on your contents. Not only meta tag
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« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2009, 05:48:53 AM »

Yeah, by search engine standard - the importance of meta tags has really dropped off in the past few years, mainly because of abuse issues.  I would say keep it around ten or less, and make sure they are unique and relevant to the content on the page in question.
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« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2009, 09:26:21 PM »

Another way to improve ranking is to submit your site in different directories. Many of the search engines like google use openDirectory project. That is the best one to start with.


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« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2009, 09:01:25 PM »

Also, try joining a link exchange program. That helps drive traffic to your site as well as digg.com.
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« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2009, 06:22:31 AM »

I don't really like the automated link exchange programs.  For the most part, they all look very fishy, plus if Google catches you doing it - you risk being de-listed. 
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« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2009, 10:02:35 AM »

That brings up an interesting point. I see that my site is found on a number of random sites -- some totally unrelated, some lists of sites by region, server, name (alphabetical order), etc. In the "totally unrelated" sites (including porn and various "male enhancement products"), it appears to be "stuffing" to fill up the site. I did not request that my site be listed there -- is Google going to penalize me in any way? If so, should I make an effort to get my site name off of the less savory sites?

WRT the original post here, a year is an awfully long time to not be listed at all. Are you sure that you aren't listed, or are you just not listed as highly as you feel you should be for a reasonable set of search terms? Remember that search engines need to know about you from somewhere else -- either a link on an existing, cataloged site; or an explicit submittal. They don't just magically show up on your on your site and start indexing you. You placed your domain in the first post, so Google will find it now, if it didn't know about it before.

I just googled for california truss, and you came up number 4 on the first page, so evidently you are listed.
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« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2009, 08:43:56 AM »

Just an FYI, google no longer uses the keywords meta tag to rank web pages.

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/09/google-does-not-use-keywords-meta-tag.html
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« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2009, 05:25:09 AM »

Just an FYI, google no longer uses the keywords meta tag to rank web pages.

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/09/google-does-not-use-keywords-meta-tag.html

Great link Todd, I'd recommend everybody check that out!   Clapping
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« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2009, 02:47:53 AM »

Ok. mybe you used by search engine standard  for handled you problem ...
Thanks for the information about Meta Tag, and it will give me a more information...
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« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2010, 10:06:18 AM »

I would definitely recommend you set up a webmaster account on google. This way you can an under the hood look at what is being crawled , indexed etc. Metatags are largely out of the mix, but backlinks are good, but dont go looking for random auto generated link exchanges--you rink being delisted. good luck
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« Reply #11 on: April 24, 2010, 12:22:25 AM »

Getting links is very important to ensure regular indexing.  Directories are a great easy start for one way links.  Its time consuming but you can pay a company to do it for you.  As for anyone warning you about links from bad sites to your sites ,  remember if it where that simple, all you would have to do is submit your competitors site to any site considered "black listed" by search engines.  Its more important that the links you exchange with other sites are of high quality.  Meaning all outgoing links are reputable and of quality
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« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2010, 03:10:02 AM »

Thanks for sharing!!!!!!



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« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2010, 01:00:54 AM »

Try another tips for  optimization. The meta tag is not a big point to do this.
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