Tidy up my code and head tags.

mryang · #1 (**permalink**) 10-22-2007, 07:23 AM

Hi,

My site has been around for nearly 7 years now and it has constantly developed over that time. However the basis of the site has always been html.

Consequently the head tags have become a bit of a mess ... its a bit like chinese whispers if you know what I mean, can you guys give me an idea of what I can safely get rid of by looking at the view source on my site please. Dont be shy, I can take the critisism!!

tamecrow · #2 (**permalink**) 10-22-2007, 08:10 AM

That's not too bad at all. I was expecting much worse!

This:

Quote:

<head>
<META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="DVD-and-Media.com supply blank DVD media, duplication, replication services, dvd cases and plastic disc storage products. The largest distributors of dvd cases and boxes in the UK only ever using quality products and the best materials.">
<TITLE>DVD-and-media.com blank dvd recordable disc and case products for duplication and replication</TITLE>
<META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="dvd media,blank disc,dvdr,dvd cases,replication,cdr">
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="ALL,FOLLOW,INDEX">
<META NAME="REVISIT-AFTER" CONTENT="20">
<META NAME="RATING" CONTENT="general">
<META http-equiv="CONTENT-LANGUAGE" content="English">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="d-style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<style type="text/css">

</style>
</head>

Should become this:

Quote:

<head>
<META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="DVD-and-Media.com supply blank DVD media, duplication, replication services, dvd cases and plastic disc storage products. The largest distributors of dvd cases and boxes in the UK only ever using quality products and the best materials.">
<TITLE>DVD-and-media.com blank dvd recordable disc and case products for duplication and replication</TITLE>
<META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="dvd media,blank disc,dvdr,dvd cases,replication,cdr">
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="FOLLOW,INDEX">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="d-style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<style type="text/css">

</style>
</head>

Although that erroneous style should be placed within your external stylesheets.

Dubbya · #3 (**permalink**) 10-22-2007, 09:30 AM

Yup, not that bad at all.

Here's what I'd recommend:

Code:

<html lang="en-GB">
<head>
<TITLE>Blank dvd recordable disc and case products for duplication and replication : DVD-and-media.com </TITLE>
<META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="DVD-and-Media.com supply blank DVD media, duplication, replication services, dvd cases and plastic disc storage products.">
<META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="dvd media,blank disc,dvdr,dvd cases,replication,cdr">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta name="modified" content="2007-10-22">
<meta name="copyright" content="Copyright © 2007 DVD-and-Media.com, All Rights Reserved">
<meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no">
<meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="TRUE">
<link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="d-style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</head>

You'll notice you can declare the language with much less code by using the "lang" attribute in the HTML tag.

The "INDEX/FOLLOW" meta tag is redundant since it's presumed that by default, robots will index pages and follow links.

Same goes for the "REVISIT-AFTER" and "RATING" tags.

Your site name is less important than the words you're optimizing for, so put it last, (if at all) in your title and meta description tags. This also boosts your relevancy since less is more in the eyes of a Spider.

Put all text styles inside your style sheet and use CSS to declare your page background colour.

Code:

body {background-color: #ffffff;}

I'd also recommend the copyright meta tag where you can put your company name/site name.

Unless there's some specific reason for it, instead of the "REVISIT" meta tag, you might consider the "modified" meta tag to tell the spider when your site was last updated.

You don't want IE's silly image toolbar messing up your pages, so you might consider disabling it with a meta tag but that's not required. Disabling "Smart Parsing" is another personal preference of mine. You can leave them both out if you so choose.