[thelist] Re: Search Engines

[Shirley Kaiser, SKDesigns]

At 03:00 AM 11/26/2001, you wrote:
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>What are all the things I need to do to a Web site in order to make it
>palatable to Search engines?
>
>How do I go about getting into search engines without paying money?
>
>Is there a quick and easy way?
></snip>
>
>The best way is to keep your text.  so many designers hate the HTML text
>renditions.  However, searchengines love text, so you have to play
>favorites. Either your designer or the searchengines has to go.  You
>make the call.

Perhaps you could clarify what you mean by "Either your designer or the 
searchengines has to go." That statement sounds like designers can't design 
sites that work well for search engines, so it's one or the other. Is that 
what you mean or am I misunderstanding?

If that's what your statement means, then I will respectfully disagree with 
this generalized statement. While I certainly agree that there are 
designers who don't know how to design search engine friendly sites, I 
don't agree that a choice needs to be made between having a designer and 
having good search engine rankings. As long as the designer is well versed 
in design for search engines, then it does not need to be one or the other.

One of my specialties as a designer is designing search engine friendly 
sites, and I know that it is indeed possible for a designer to design a 
site that has very high rankings with search engines... it is part of what 
I do.

So am I misunderstanding what you mean by your comment? If so, never mind. 
Either way, though, I'd appreciate your clarification of what you mean.

Warmly,
Shirley

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