Re: werD's Google search for Area-51


Message posted by Lumpy on June 05, 2006 at 21:47:18 PST:

Jason wrote:
> ...There was some issue with google searching
> for Area-51 recently, and dreamlandresort
> not coming up?

I see a couple of quite tangible reasons.

1 - Run the index page through an html validator and you'll see html errors that keep it from being html compliant.

2 - The meta tags could use some improvement.

Some of the less than ideal keywords listed are:
" Military , Base , Information , Books , Maps , Videos , Online Store , Photos , ... Tourist , Tours , Scanner , Frequency , ...Resort , Secret , ...search"

I've left out the more appropriate keywords like Area-51, those are obviously appropriate. The keywords above are too broad. It would probably be unlikely that anyone enters the single word "Base" or "Tourist" or most of the other words, into a search engine. The above keywords give thousands of hits. Instead, a better use would be to 'narrow the focus' of the keywords. Instead of "Millitary, base" use "Military base" and even better would be "Secret military base". The keyword "books" is pretty useless, as are the words "photos" or "frequency" because they are not specific enough.

Think like a searcher. Include keywords like "groom lake road, tikaboo, tikapoo, teek-a-boo, peekaboo peak, lazar, lazzar, lazaar, rachael, racheal" (common misspellings are good search keywords). Include words like "watertown, nevada test site, NTS, roadrunners international". Include the names of the test airplanes "U2, U-2, dirty bird, dirtybird, red flag, redflag" [etc]. Include the names of the prominent authors and other players, "glen campbell, glenn campbell, glen cambell, tom mayhood, tom mahood, chuck clark, chuck clarke".

If you want to wean the children away from the ATS boards then include "ATS, Above Top Secret" etc.

Attached link: link to http validator for DLR.com

In Reply to: werD's Google search for Area-51 posted by Jason on June 05, 2006 at 13:11:41 PST:

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