COMMENTS
Hi Dharmesh,
You might want to show a picture of the home page and where the title is. It might not be perfectly intuitive what you actually mean by title.
Brian.
Brian: Good point. I added a simple screen-shot to the article to make things more clear.
It seems to have trouble finding my keywords ('Business', 'Blog', and 'Consultant') in the title of my website even though they are plainly there.
Dave,
Thanks for your question.
I just ran your website through the website grader and it did indeed see your meta-information, including title, keywords, and description -- have another look. The fact that those are part of your site is a positive contributor to your score.
What the website grader also picked up on is that your site is not ranking in the top 100 (first 10 pages on google when you search on them) in any of those three keywords. In fact those are three tough keywords to crack into the top 100 on. I might recommend you re-run the report and put in some different keywords into the blank under where you entered your website. For example, the term "business blogging" might be one where you could work at moving up the Google rankings.
If you want more help, you can drop me an email...
Brian.
it was really very informative article..
Brian,
Thanks for your reply. One thing I noticed with the way your website grader matches title and keywords: it is case-sensitive. For example, my title has "Business Blog Consultant" in the title but if I enter "business blog consultant" into the Website Grader it claims no match. I am not knowledgable enough on SEO to know if that is an accurate reflection of Google's algorithm or not.
Brian,
Thanks for coming up with such a wonderful tool. Though we've used similar tools before I liked the 'detailed' report it produced.
One quick note in followup to what Dave said, WebsiteGrader does seem to be differentiating on the case of the title - 'BlackBerry' is different from 'blackberry'. Does google's algorithm treats them seperate?
Thanks!
Hi,
Thanks for such a nice article. Dharmesh I am unable to see the screen shot. Please give me suggestions on the use of flash in the website. Does it reduces ranking??
Thanks
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I would like to know on how to go about it. I need to develop a website.
Thanks,
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This info is great and the website grader tool is fantastic. Its helped me understand so much more on SEO.
I submitted my blog to websitegrader.com and
the report suggests that I add Description and Meta Data. You say: " From a structural perspective, meta-data is stored in a different part of the web page’s HTML code than the usual web content that people see.tion and
Meta Tags. " Would you kindly tell me where I
should the Meta Data and the description?
Thank you,
Fran
After reading this article, I find myself wondering if there is a someone I can get to analyse my website and make the correct changes so that it will be on top for the webcrawlers. If so, what price range should I expect to pay?
Hi,
I ran this tool on one of my website http://www.affordable-web-solutions.com and found it very useful and the reports well compiled. But I found in the report it is mentioned that my site is lacking RSS feeds. I would like to know from experts out there of how important is RSS feeds for the SEO of a website.
I appreciate getting notices of new posts. I wish
you could add a screenshot as mentioned in this
post - I never did see it...
quote
<Brian: Good point. I added a simple screen-<shot to the article to make things more clear.
<posted on Monday, November 20, 2006 at <1:51 PM by Dharmesh Shah
Thank you,
Fran
great article. I used this to work on my titles etc. thanks
Michael
http://www.nipplecharms.com
I run my website
www.btbcapital.com thru WebGrader and is tells me Permanent Redirect Not Found. I used GoDaddy and have made sure that http://btbcapital.com is redirected (permanently) to http://www.btbcapital.com. Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks in advance.
Greg
I have been working on a website on and off for a year. I purchased a couple programs to guide me, but I do the work. Unfortunately the verbal guidance is inadequate and I have been flopping around like a fish out of water.
Your "Meta-Data Overview" has been most helpful.
I rank 10 and 12 on google and yahoo with "tree toppers finials", did not rank on MSN and non of my other items rank. Am going back to add description to all items as well as pages. Any other suggestions?
www.columbiatrades.comThanks,
It sure is nice to know there is someone out there to answer some of my questions.
1. Should I be conscious of characer or word limits for "description" "meta" and "keywords"
2. Should I publish my website after each days work?
3. How long before search engines pick up any changes for me to check rankings?
Thanks
It doesn't appear that anyone is answering questions on this post anymore. Last one answered looks like nearly a year ago. The unfortunate part is that you have read nearly to the end of this page to find this out but I at least hope you don't waste your time in posting hoping someone will answer when obvioulsy they won't.
Barry: We try to monitor our blog comments and respond to questions when possible.
If you have a question, feel free to post. I'm watching this thread.
i hope this tip will help me a lot to improve my seo..
plz explain google ranking
Good information. I have been using the website grader tool and it is an excellent guide to me as far as how the site is doing. Thanks.
hey dear your tool is very helpful.I used it and found that my blog also have some popularity.Ok now I have a request for you,could you make a review for my blog once?it should help me a lot.What should it require and how I can I mange it.Pls visit at http://kasakk.blogspot.com
And could you pls post anything about my blog so that some viewers can go to my sites.I can do reverse for you.Thanks.
How can I add these Meta-Data words on my site so it will be easier for the search engines pick me up?
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I ran my wifes website and by reading the report and information links, I have learned a lot. I especially appreciate the ability to compare competitor sites. Thanks for this great tool. and thanks to PC Magazine for mentioning it.
Hi
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Great Tool. Thanks
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Great tool. I added meta data to my site
www.crossfitcleveland.com (hosted on blogger) but websitegrader reports that there is no meta data on the page, only on subpages. Does anyone know how to correct this or am I limited using blogger?
I have added keywords and description to my website, when runnig it againt this tool(websitegrader). For meta keyword it displays very old keywords while for the description it displays no description found.
Is it a bug or feature:)
Nice article. Just added keywords and description to my page header after reading this..
This is a great tool, thank you. But I would appreciate some links to information or resources on HOW to add the descriptions and metadata to our websites if they are missing (as mine are). I had my website done by a designer...altho I love the look of the site, it has NO SEO whatsoever. Any further information you can add to back up the report would be helpful. Thanks so much!
I have been using the WebsiteGrader.com for that last few days. It is amazing!
To answer the comments from Greg: <"I run my website
www.btbcapital.com thru WebGrader and is tells me Permanent Redirect Not Found. I used GoDaddy and have made sure that http://btbcapital.com is redirected (permanently) to http://www.btbcapital.com. Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks in advance. Greg">
I used this script in an .htaccess file that I created. (four separate lines)
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}
www.YOUR_DOMAIN\.comRewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/$1 [R=permanent,L]
Note: replace "YOUR_DOMAIN" with the address of your website. This code is used to link both the
www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com and the YOUR_DOMAIN.com together. This way they will share the links and their rank will improve.
Note: Remember to put .htaccess in the same location as your index.html file.
Enjoy,
Paul.
Email me if this is confusing!
Here is where the meta keywords and meta description is to be placed on a webpage:
<html>
<head>
<title>Website Title Goes Here</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<meta name="description" content="This is where you describe what your site is all about!" />
<meta name="keywords" content="words, that are, separated, by commas, like, tires, or, freeze-dried noodles" /></head>
<body>
Your website content goes here...
</body>
</html>
--> Please notice the part that begins with <meta name
I hope that this helps!
Paul.
Thanks for posting this great article as well as the others on this site. I also recommend getting the free ebook Hubspot offers you can download it:
here
You can also get it in their free Internet marketing kit at the top of the page. The ebook has the screenshot referenced above.
The Website Grader is a marvellous tool. I have followed its recommendations and will be checking on increasing my score. My website is
www.achievesafety.co.uk and I will be following this forum with interest.
Thank You
Peter Bradley
Even though I've added all the metatags the grader still says they are missing. What am I doing wrong?
Hi Melissa...
I had the same problem with the meta tags not showing up. If your website address is -
www.melissa.com, you might want to check melissa.com (without the "www"). If one or the other is the one that shows up, make the permanent redirect (I wrote a comment about it higher on this page) to direct to the one that shows the meta tags.
I hope that this makes sense.
Good luck!
I found this site to be extremely helpful with SEO optimization and also helping me to understand how the search engines look at the information stored behind the scenes.
I am slowly making my site rank higher in the stats, yesterday I was ranked at a 30, today a 40. Who knows, tomorrow I may reach 50!
Thanks for the information and if anyone wants to check out my site:
www.softclickit.com
I accept all feedback about design, content etc., so feel free to let me know your thoughts.
Thanks again,
Eric
Hey Paul Heidema, if you come back here and see my comment, will you please tell ME where to insert my keywords into this jumbled mess (to me) of a 'header':
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head profile="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="<?php bloginfo('html_type'); ?>; charset=<?php bloginfo('charset'); ?>" />
<title><?php if (function_exists('seo_title_tag')) { seo_title_tag(); } else { bloginfo('name'); wp_title();} ?></title>
<meta name="generator" content="WordPress <?php bloginfo('version'); ?>" /> <!-- leave this for stats -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_url'); ?>" type="text/css" media="screen" />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?> RSS Feed" href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" />
<link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo('pingback_url'); ?>" />
<?php wp_head(); ?>
</head>
<body>
I don't see anything which says 'put your keywords here'... I guess that would make it too easy for newbies!
Thanks a lot.
Heather
Hi Heather,
-
<head profile="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="<?php bloginfo('html_type'); ?>; charset=<?php bloginfo('charset'); ?>" />
<title><?php if (function_exists('seo_title_tag')) { seo_title_tag(); } else { bloginfo('name'); wp_title();} ?></title>
-
***Insert-Meta-Keywords-AFTER-Title***
-
<meta name="keywords" content="toyota, toyota cars, toyota trucks, toyota suvs, toyota accessories">
-
*** Example-above-is-from-toyota.com***
-
-
<meta name="generator" content="WordPress <?php bloginfo('version'); ?>" /> <!-- leave this for stats -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_url'); ?>" type="text/css" media="screen" />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?> RSS Feed" href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" />
<link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo('pingback_url'); ?>" />
<?php wp_head(); ?>
</head>
-
I hope that this makes things clear.
Paul J Heidema.
Hi Heather...
-
It is a good idea to add a meta description to your site too. This is what will be shown when someone see your website link and description on sites like Google and Yahoo!
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<meta name="description" content="Official Site of Toyota Motor Sales - Cars, Trucks, SUVs, Hybrids, Accessories & Motorsports.">
-
The above is the meta description from Toyota.com
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This can either be placed just above or just below meta keywords (Both of which should be after the title tag.
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All the best,
Paul J Heidema.
Clear as mud....
Sorry, I don't mean to be a pest, but I'm still not exactly sure where to put the keywords... or how...
Here's the code again:
<title><?php if (function_exists('seo_title_tag')) { seo_title_tag(); } else { bloginfo('name'); wp_title();} ?></title>
<meta name="generator" content="WordPress <?php bloginfo('version'); ?>" /> <!-- leave this for stats -->
As you can see the word 'title' is repeated 4 times... where exactly do I put my keywords.
Do I remove any of the code which is already between <title> and </title>?
Let's say my keywords are 'power boating'. Do I put: <title>power boating</title> or <title>keywords power boating</title> or do the keywords go into one of the brackets?
I hate feeling like such a dumb blonde :) but I don't want to do it wrong...
Thanks again!
I have analyzed my home page and another page on my site. For some reason it isn't finding my keywords on one page or my description in another. Can anyone tell me why or what I am doing wrong?
Hi - very helpful; I'm new to this and understood most of the reports content except for the permanent redirect between
www.emsnav.co.uk and
www.emsnav.com but i will look into it.
Thanks Karen
I love the Website grader tool. When I developed my site, I made the mistake of not filling in the Title Tags, Description and Keywords for most or all of the 200+ products. I have now completed this task for three quarters of those pages and have seen positive results for most pages and a falling off on others. It seems to change dynamically often throughout the day as to how it grades my site. I have noticed my website grade going up as I implement the graders suggestions. I just want to personally thank you for providing this wonderful tool.
ı have a problem with meta tag especially language selection, turkish characters can not seen on your site statistics. how can ı fix??
Finally a great tool to help with SEO, thank you sooooo much!
i need someone to please help me im so cofused i dont even no were to start could someone tell me what to do first so i can focus on one thing at a time i dont no nothing im doing i have had this website for 8 months i have nothing please help me does my domain name ok or should i change it do i advertise my whole store or just one certain item one more thing i dont no html can i just in the text how do i generate html i hope i said that right thankyou kabiolas
Thank You. You are giving precious knowledge ...
Many thanks for sharing your great knowledge. Hope to reach a better positioning as i'm a newbie to SEO world!
Thank you for sharing this good information!
I've tried Website Grader, and thanks for that, I know what to do for make my blog better!
I'll bookmark this! Thanks again! :)
I also suggest adding a GEO TAG if you are trying to gain market share in a specific country. It has helped my website a considerable amount.
Can anyone help me? I don't understand how to do this even with the code..I don't get how to insert and then where do I put it on my blog? I am confused. I run product review site for hip cool new products. Can someone help me write the code and put in the keywords and where do I put it. Anyone have time for me? Please?
I am impressed with your informative site. I have done the suggestions of keyword potentcy and changed a couple of the tabs to coincide with the keywords. I still get a 'dingbat' rating...hahaha... would appreciate your help and evaluation.
I am using an outfit (landmarkmerchant.com) that built the site that allows me to make adjustments to the site. The catch is... I am a computer dummy. This is frustrating...grrrrrr.... could use some help here on 'page rating'.
TY,
GAFSR
www.foryouweddinggifts.com
You article and website have proved to be very helpful with the growth of my company, Greenview Marketing
www.greenviewmarketing.com). The meta data information is very important and I think it is those little things that will set companies that follow them apart from others who do not fully utilize the power of the internet.
Very first time i used this tool for my website and i got total grade as 22, i seriously tried to improve on each and every aspect that the tool suggested and after almost a month, my website grade improved to 67 !!
Thanks for such a great tool..
Ameya,
http://www.madeitsimple.com
run my site and please tell me how to improve my traffic so i can generate sales.
Hi
I think I get what meta data is but where/how do you use it? Do you need to "code? " Hope not because I am using a pre-fab yahoo sm. biz template!
This is an interesting piece of software you have here. I am just redoing my site after it has been pretty much offline (only one page listed as active) for a year. So, I am pretty much starting from scratch. Though, I do enjoy a challenge to see how fast it can rise in the ranks.
I plan on using your software to grade it each week.
Hi there -
I found this article very helpful, but can't help wondering if the Website Grader software is up-to-date with Adobe's decision to work with Google and Yahoo to make Flash searchable. Meaning have Adobe's algorithm's been passed on to you?
Thanks for the insight.
~Sarah
Just ran website grader on my blog, and it says meta-data is missing. I don't understand, since I do have a description right next to the title? Any way that could be fixed?
thanks.
Two questions,
How long does it take for the tool to update? I got a warning that my meta description was too long, I changed it, yet even after running the report again it still shows the old one?
Also, I get the danged 301 redirect error between www and non www, and I have no clue how to fix this?
I used the website grader tool on
www.TotalRegistration.net. What a great tool. In the Metadata section I get a warning that my page title is too long (76 characters instead of the recomended 70). Does this difference cause much of a problem with the search engines. I have pared down the title as much as possible while still conveying everything that is important.
Thanks,
Mike
Hi all,
There is no free lunch on the internet and this tool is no different. Dharmesh and company give you the very basics but you still need to go out and research areas that aren't so clear, or subscribe to Dharmesh's services. They'll help you further.
By the way, I put up my site about threee weeks ago and it ranked with 7. Today it shows a 25 and it went from an Alexa ranking of "no rank" to just 4,500,000 which is pretty good considering.
www.start-business-loans.com) This is phenomenal growth from just reading the material on the free tool and following the directions or information on the page.
Good luck all, and don't forget, perseverance is key.
joe
Joe: Thanks for jumping into the thread and helping answer some questions.
Though I'd love to do this more often, we get thousands of users to Website Grader every week so it's hard to keep up with it all.
For those looking for a more structured discussion around these topics, I encourage you to join the Pro Marketers group on Facebook:
http://facebook.promarketers.com
A few of us hang out there (it's a free resource as well) and it's a bit easier to collaborate as there's an actual discussion forum application.
Hope to see you there.
Great tips there! I constantly check how my site is being graded and if it has improved after I analyze the report generated by Web Grader.
It really works. Thanks! :)
Definitely a useful tool. Thanks Hubspot!
Hello Mr. Dharmesh
I read your posted article .your article title about
SEO but you are not providing any information about SEO .so please give some relevant information regarding this topic.
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aught
We have been using websitegrader to test our site
WishAHome since its launch. We get discrepency in inbound links every time we run the report. Also, it is not able to fetch other our RSS which is at the bottom of our home page. Kindly Suggest. Thanks
An excellent tool... I especially like the readability gauge that you have created... very useful indeed!
This is certainly a very useful tool. It provides me with quite a few tips to improve my site. The only inconvenience I faced is that after I make the suggested changes to my site, I need to wait a few days before I can use the tool to get the new score. Somehow, the old report doesn't get refreshed with the new inputs.
nice article, with great tools... i've learn new way to fix my web..