seth_wilde - 4:42 pm on Aug 23, 2000 (gmt 0)

"what are you referring to. The site description listed at search engine?"

Yep, compare this title and description to what you see in the source code, if they don't match don't emulate that page. (remember that some search engines don't use meta descriptions)

"What about pages I try to view source and there is little data for keywords, description, etc... yet they seem to rank high"

It's still possible to rank high without even using meta keywords or descriptions. If they're not using a description check to see if the search engine is pulling body text to use as a description.

"Alta Vista I am told likes short doorway pages, yet I have not really run across those for the higher placing pages."

I wouldn't pigeon hole AV as just liking short pages. Most of my high ranking pages have a good amount of body text.