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heini - 4:31 pm on Dec 27, 2002 (gmt 0)


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Well, what I'm suggesting is you look at the page and try to figure out if it has to be so long, if you need/want it to be so long.
Two aspects to look at:
- user friendliness
- spider friendliness

For a user everything that is visible without scrolling is what is important. Chances are what must be scrolled doesn't get read/looked at very often.
Add to that the longer download time and you have a strong incentive to make shorter pages.

Second for spiders it's usually better to have shorter pages too. There's a graph somehwere here which clearly shows most highranking sites are very very small.
This is also an effect of better targeting themes/phrases.
You should ask yourself: what phrase/searchterm are you targeting with your page? Does the page really focus on that?
Chances are, if you target one keyword or a combo, you are better off with a short focused page. Which in turn makes for much better usability.

That is what I'd be looking at first.
Then you might start looking at your code. Which is a whole different story, and should be treated seperately therefore.


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