I know it sounds stupid

marky50000 · Nov 24, 2005

Ok laugh all you like, But i am new to this domain lark. Meta tags what are thay, how do they work, how do i get them ect All my names are parked with namedrive will adding a meta tag improve my earnings ect

Please help a stupid newbie

lol

retired member 1 · Nov 24, 2005

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&lr=&oi=defmore&defl=en&q=define:Meta+tag

You will only be able to use Meta tags if you are forwarding from your registar, or if your registar allows forwarding with meta tags (123-Reg Does). Namedrive don't allow you to modify the Meta tags on the parked page.

This only really helps if you have a lot of link based traffic from search engines.....this type of traffic tends to die over time in any case. You will slowly loose whatever pagerank you had...I think this is due to the lack of SE friendly content on a parking page.

ratboy · Nov 24, 2005

Google doesn't like parking pages, so it takes away page ranks because of this.

I have found meta tags of little use when using parking pages, or redirects. Personally it's a waste of time using them for domains. Websites, well thats a different matter.

retired member 1 · Nov 24, 2005

ratboy said:
Personally it's a waste of time using them for domains. Websites, well thats a different matter.

Yes, I agree with this...if you are only going to park domains...I wouldn't worry too much about it.

marky50000 · Nov 24, 2005

Ok guys thanks for explaining and being honest. happy i found this forum because i think i would have been lost without all this info Thanks again

marky50000 · Dec 3, 2005

ok, i know have a auction site and wish to add a meta tag how do i do this

.

http://www.1234.world.com/

retired member 1 · Dec 3, 2005

Looks to me like you already have:

Code:

<meta name="keywords" content="world travel, hotel, airfare, cruise, resort, business travel, cheap hotels, cheap airfare"/>

marky50000 · Dec 3, 2005

thats the one namedrive added i think, But its not parked there any more...so haw do i change it

aquanuke · Dec 3, 2005

marky50000 said:
thats the one namedrive added i think, But its not parked there any more...so haw do i change it

Use notepad.

marky50000 · Dec 3, 2005

sorry mate use notepad dont understand, The meta tag its got is wrong i need to change it to one that suits my new site

aquanuke · Dec 3, 2005

You have...

<meta name="Description" CONTENT="Fun Online Auction for buying, selling and advertising.">
<meta name="keywords" content="auctions, auction, computer, bid, bidding, sale, books, coins, stamps, trading cards, memorabilia, sporting goods, music, dolls, comics, antiques, jewelry, advertising, banner rotation">
<meta name="Classification" content="auctions, auction, computer, bid, bidding, sale, books, coins, stamps, trading cards, memorabilia, sporting goods, music, dolls, comics, antiques, jewelry, advertising, banner rotation">

Is that what you wanted or do you want to change this?

Normally you would just change the page in an editor like notepad etc. But as your using an auction script you need to change it either within the admin section or the script templates.