[stealthcow]

This is my first draft of my "Camelot SEO Guide" (you'll understand why ive called it camelot if you read it!)

If you have any critiques or pointers where i may have gone wrong, please let me know so i can fix it - ive written it so that all levels can read it, from beginner to expert, and have tried to include things for further reading on each section where appropriate..

anyway, here it is: http://www.guavastudios.com/seo/

[pgo]

<title> isn't a meta tag, meta tags aren't that important anymore, and you should definitely mention that semantic HTML is important. CSS-based layouts are great, but they're worthless (in terms of SEO) if they aren't using headings, for instance.

[stealthcow]

i did mention in the guide that title tags arent meta tags... but its logical to put it in with them..

the description meta tag is very important, google for one makes use of that a lot... and i did mention that the keywords tag doesnt get used by a lot of search engines..

the whole css thing is a debate that could go on for days - but its a good idea to get people who are reading the article to use CSS as it will help their site in the long run

good point about semantic HTML, will make a note to add that in

[stealthcow]

should also make the point that the camelot rules should all be implemented to make a site do well in the search engines - so you're right, CSS and headings make the difference rather than just CSS on its own

[pgo]

That's all I meant. That CSS has nothing to do with SEO, but CSS-based sites tend to do better because they tend to use better markup.

Also, I just skimmed it, so sorry about the title = meta thing.

[stealthcow]

ok, its now been moved to http://www.web-designers.biz/

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