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My website at: [biomechanics.net...] is for public information about my clinic and the conditions which are treated, with extensive material on different foot conditions. I am trying to be a good search engine citizen by polishing my content and its placement properly, to get higher PageRank. Almost 95% of the content is supplied from the MySQL database and rendered via PHP pages.
Now, my issue(s): It this methodology OK for the search engines? Can they index my pages (and their contents) normally? If not then, what are the ways in which I should make my content visible to Google!? Moreover, I tried doing site: search and Google wasn’t able to find the content I search for!
Any comments/suggestion will help me a lot!
With Best Regards,
Vicky
I noticed you don't have any <meta> tags floating about on your site. I know they are considered extinct by most spider bots, however, it's a few lines of text and most still accept meta tags.
Also, the new 'fancy' way of getting your website accepted by a spider is to use a "Resources of a Resource" file. A ror.xml file placed in the root directory of your website. It's kind of like a virtual business card specifically used for spiders.
Here is an example:
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.rorweb.com/ror.css" type="text/css"?>
<!-- This is a ROR formatted XML document describing the resources of the website [ocnews.ca....] For information about the ROR format, go to www.rorweb.com -->
<rdf:RDF xmlns="http://rorweb.com/0.1/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
<!-- ******************** Main Info ******************** -->
<Resource rdf:about="main">
<rorinfo>This is a ROR formatted XML document describing the resources of the website [ocnews.ca....] For information about the ROR format, go to www.rorweb.com</rorinfo>
<type>Main</type>
<type>Website</type>
<title>Ontario Construction News</title>
<url>http://www.ocnews.ca</url>
<desc>The official website of ONTARIO CONSTRUCTION NEWS.
Ontario Construction news has been Ontario's Constructoin Media since 1999.
Serving as the voice of regional constrution markets from the Quebec Boarder to Windsor.
Each region is defined by the service area of companies that are members of lcoal Construction and Homebuilder Associations.
Though the paper gets distributed internationally due to demand.
We have continued to evolve as a media to better serve you the reader.</desc>
<keywords>Ontario Construction News, Ontario's Construction Media, published by Sheppard Publishing Inc. incorporating Kingston, Quinte/Kawartha, York/Durham, Barrie, Peel, Tri-city, Hamilton, Niagara, London, Windsor Construction news</keywords>
</Resource>
<!-- ******************** Contact Info ***************** -->
<Resource rdf:about="contact">
<type>Contact</type>
<title>Contact Info</title>
<name>Ontario Construction News</name>
<email>Shaun@ocnews.ca</email>
<url>http://www.ocnews.ca</url>
<phone>1(888) 622-6451</phone>
<resourceOf rdf:resource="main"/>
</Resource>
<!-- ******************** Location Info ***************** -->
<Resource>
<type>Address</type>
<title>Address</title>
<address1>67 B&C Plant Street</address1>
<city>Batawa</city>
<postalCode>K0K1E0</postalCode>
<stateRegion>Ontario</stateRegion>
<country>CA</country>
<resourceOf rdf:resource="contact"/>
</Resource>
<!-- ******************** Feed Info ***************** -->
<Resource>
<type>Feed</type>
<title>Feed</title>
<url>http://www.ocnews.ca</url>
<resourceOf rdf:resource="main"/>
</Resource>
<!-- ******************** Sitemap Info ***************** -->
<Resource>
<type>SiteMap</type>
<title>SiteMap</title>
<url>http://www.ocnews.ca/index.html</url>
<resourceOf rdf:resource="main"/>
</Resource>
</rdf:RDF>
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That is our ror.xml, if you just change a few things it'll suite your design as well. All you need to do is past that above code into a text editor and save it as "ROR.XML". Pop that in your root directory and off you go.
Also, it's very important to realise that even though you have submitted your site to google (ect.) you will NOT appear on their list immediately. It may take days, weeks, or longer for your site to appear in the list. Even if you do an EXACT search. It all depends on the amount of hits you get from that seach engine, and if their spiders like you or not.
Here are some resources for you to check out:
www.increased-online-traffic.com/rorgenerator.php
www.submitcorner.com/Tools/Meta/
I hope that helped a little. Keep your stick on the ice.
Regards,
- Shaun
