Search Engine Friendly Templates Using Frontpage

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Search Engine Friendly Templates Using Frontpage

Want to avoid a lot of code

sadelb

6:28 pm on Jan 16, 2005 (gmt 0)

Are there simple search engine friendly templates that I could use on frontpage where I can just add content... My goal is to have as little code as possible so the search engines can spider my site very easily... Is this possible on frontpage?

webtress

3:49 am on Jan 17, 2005 (gmt 0)

If you are going to use a template look for one that uses css, this will cut down on how much html code is on the page by controlling the fonts, hyperlink properties, backgrounds and other items from 1 file. If you are not familiar with css there is a section here on this forum and other forums dedicated to css. Making a site search engine friendly will also depend on how you set up your pages using appropriate page titles and descriptions. Having good textual content and building links to your site. There are many great thread here on getting started.

pageoneresults

4:16 am on Jan 17, 2005 (gmt 0)

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">

<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"></meta>
<title></title>
<meta name="description" content=""></meta>
<meta name="keywords" content=""></meta>
<script type="text/javascript" src=""></script>
<style type="text/css">@import url("");</style>
</head>

<body>

<div>
<h1></h1>
<p></p>
<div>Include Navigation</div>
<h2></h2>
<ul>
<li></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>Include Footer</div>
<div>Include Header</div>
</div>

</body>

</html>

Everything else comes from the...

<style type="text/css">@import url("");</style>

You'll just need to "fill in the blanks". ;)

[edited by: pageoneresults at 3:11 pm (utc) on Jan. 17, 2005]

sadelb

5:17 am on Jan 17, 2005 (gmt 0)

Can I get on page 1 with this; if I have good content, great keyword density, and a lot of anchor text and backlinks? :)

pageoneresults

3:24 pm on Jan 17, 2005 (gmt 0)

Can I get on page 1 with this; if I have good content, great keyword density, and a lot of anchor text and backlinks? :)

You could get on page one with just about any template. Your original question was that you wanted to avoid a lot of code, the above method does that. But, there is much more to it than "just the template". That is just the starting point. Now you need to do all of "the other stuff".

sadelb

9:03 pm on Jan 17, 2005 (gmt 0)

Is the other stuff things like finding the right keywords, good headers, tags, h1, alt tags, good anchor text? submitting to the search engines... I have been reading a lot of tutrials... I am curious of what step I am missing.

europeforvisitors

3:49 pm on Jan 18, 2005 (gmt 0)

The Google Webmaster Guidelines are a good starting point for do-it-yourself SEO:

[google.com...]

Webmaster World founder Brett Tabke's "Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone" tips are also essential reading:

[webmasterworld.com...]

As for using FrontPage, templates aren't likely to have any effect on your standing in the search engines, but it's worth keeping .htm or .html file sizes reasonable if only to reduce display time for users. Be wary of glitzy features (in FP or any other program) that add a lot of code to your pages and are more appropriate for high-speed corporate intranets than for public Web sites.

sadelb

6:07 pm on Jan 18, 2005 (gmt 0)

thanks for the help... will try my best to keep the least amount of code in my pages..