eJM
09-30-2008, 03:43 AM
I just checked the source code on an editor and see there is no keywords or description meta tags. On some CMPS pages I have allowed the keywords and description to be taken from the default vBulletin setting. On other pages, I have added custom keywords and description. It doesn't seem to matter, there's no keywords or description either way. Below is a portion of the header, down to the call for the CSS, from first the forum home page and then the website home page (my main CMPS page):
FORUMHOME
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html dir="ltr" lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<!-- no cache headers -->
<meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache" />
<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="-1" />
<meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />
<!-- end no cache headers -->
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<meta name="verify-v1" content="/lXrd3drfGTo1ldVOamrPzRynBYBizWaNM2aIG1iDJw=" />
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin 3.6.8" />
<title> The Floor Pro Community </title>
<meta name="keywords" content="flooring professional,do-it-yourself,consumer,diy,carpet,vinyl,vct,tile,ceramic,stone,hardwood,laminate,floo rcovering business,flooring inspector,carpet cleaner,install,repair,restoration,tools,manufacture,cfi,wfca,nofma,nwfa,iicrc,f cica" />
<meta name="description" content="The Floor Pro Community is a Resource and Information website for the Floor Covering Industry with emphasis on Professionals, Do-It-Yourselfers and Consumers. Its primary focus is on the Manufacturing, Distribution, Sales, Installation, Maintenance, Cleaning and Inspection of all types of Floor Covering. It is managed by Floor Covering Professionals with expertise in all segments of the industry and offers discussion forums and articles about all aspects of flooring. " />
Domain Root
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html dir="ltr" lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<meta name="verify-v1" content="/lXrd3drfGTo1ldVOamrPzRynBYBizWaNM2aIG1iDJw=" />
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin 3.6.8" />
<title>The Floor Pro - sharing information & resources</title>
What am I doing wrong? I am pretty sure it used to be good, but I don't know when the change occurred. I am trying to improve my SEO and I think the keyword and description meta tags are important.
Thanks for any help,
Jim McClain
FORUMHOME
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html dir="ltr" lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<!-- no cache headers -->
<meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache" />
<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="-1" />
<meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />
<!-- end no cache headers -->
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<meta name="verify-v1" content="/lXrd3drfGTo1ldVOamrPzRynBYBizWaNM2aIG1iDJw=" />
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin 3.6.8" />
<title> The Floor Pro Community </title>
<meta name="keywords" content="flooring professional,do-it-yourself,consumer,diy,carpet,vinyl,vct,tile,ceramic,stone,hardwood,laminate,floo rcovering business,flooring inspector,carpet cleaner,install,repair,restoration,tools,manufacture,cfi,wfca,nofma,nwfa,iicrc,f cica" />
<meta name="description" content="The Floor Pro Community is a Resource and Information website for the Floor Covering Industry with emphasis on Professionals, Do-It-Yourselfers and Consumers. Its primary focus is on the Manufacturing, Distribution, Sales, Installation, Maintenance, Cleaning and Inspection of all types of Floor Covering. It is managed by Floor Covering Professionals with expertise in all segments of the industry and offers discussion forums and articles about all aspects of flooring. " />
Domain Root
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html dir="ltr" lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<meta name="verify-v1" content="/lXrd3drfGTo1ldVOamrPzRynBYBizWaNM2aIG1iDJw=" />
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin 3.6.8" />
<title>The Floor Pro - sharing information & resources</title>
What am I doing wrong? I am pretty sure it used to be good, but I don't know when the change occurred. I am trying to improve my SEO and I think the keyword and description meta tags are important.
Thanks for any help,
Jim McClain