metatag, seo basics can someone help?

[waddsy]

Okay im new so be easy on me. I need help with the best way to do keyword, metatag submission on my website. I know that the metatags are suppose to match what is in the content, but what if you have mostly pictures (ecommmerce art gallery site)? Is there anywhere that is very reader/user friendly that can guide me through this? and what happens when i switch all the metatags in the html. does google not like that or does it just crawl and change accordingly?
thanks in advance for the help! really appreciated

[vertronics]

Hi Waddsy
While there are several types of meta tags, for search engine optimization these two are the most important: meta description and meta keyword. The meta keyword tag is controversial because most search engines no longer use it to evaluate a page.

To answer your question, start with your home page and choose the main theme, let's assume you sell abstract art. From there you would describe the specific types of art found on the page. So you keywords might be, abstract art paintings, modern abstract art,etc. Also, for example, you might name the artist; Pat Passlof might be a keyword.

Ideally you should do your keyword research first to learn what search phrases searchers are looking for.

Be sure to add alt tags to your images and not worry about Google and the meta tags. Unless you mis-format the meta tag you should be okay. Google does not read the keyword tag. Just check to see if your site is currently listed in Google by entering the following into the Google search box.

site:mydomain.com

Hope this helps,
~vertronics

[theceo]

alt tags are a bug in IE, the correct tag is title for images and even text links to pop a phrase in the browser

anyone notice this month IE took a huge hit in browsers used in logs?

I have one site where it is below 50 percent

most are 70 percent now

that's a major drop from almost 100 percent a couple of months ago

can it be MS has lost the browswer wars