31/07/2006
SEO Techniques
Since I think it was T.J.'s idea that more of us would show something
to critique - I'll submit this one:
image border styles on hover
Thanks,
This is more like it, and reminds me of how this group used to be.
Assuming these 3 pages are targeting
"image border styles on hover" and similar derivatives.
First thing I would say is,
Instead of just using the "skip to content" why not use
"skip to information about image border styles on hover"
would that be considered to spammy?
Next, why have
"Locus Optimus accessible web design" in the h1 tag?
Would it not be better to have
"How to get IE6 to apply image border styles on hover (mouseover)?"
as the main header?
In the phrase
"Every now and then, someone pops up in a newsgroup, asking why
the borders on linked images won't change colour on hover in
Internet Explorer 6, despite setting explicit styles for them."
It would be optimised better if you worked the target phrase in to
the question asked and put it in
strong tags
"Every now and then, someone pops up in a newsgroup asking,
How do I set image border styles to change colour
when hovered over in IE6
Even though they have explicitly set styles for them."
(or words to that effect)
I think you would be justified to put your line
"So why don't they get applied, and what can be done about it?"
in a header tag
and also it should be a little more descriptive
instead of saying "why don't they"
I would replace it with "why don't image border styles"
I would break up the next line
"Here's the
solution: get IE6 to apply image border styles on
hover."
and replace it with
"Here's the solution:
How to get IE6 to apply image border styles on
hover."
Back to the code.
Title is too long and you should try to work hover in to it somewhere
Description is missing, might not be applicable for google
positions yet, but always be prepared.
Plus it is sometimes used.
Keywords are missing, same as above, you never know when
the algo might change, be prepared.
You don't use geourl in your metatags, this can be very useful
Alt attributes are "", we know your views on this, but it would
be better for SEO if you tried to work the keywords in a little bit.
I see you just link using,
a href="ie-image-border-styles-on-hover-solution.php
rather than using the full url.
This is something I would like to see tested more, not sure if
we have ever discussed whether linking this way or with the
complete URL in is best, or whether it makes no difference.
That's enough to be going on with, thanks
for posting it.
T.J.
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