tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31036985.post115886072805628345..comments2023-07-29T05:26:52.399-04:00Comments on Curious Business: (SEO) The 900-Pound Marketing GorillaKen Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151768797194526672noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31036985.post-1160536782983793452006-10-10T23:19:00.000-04:002006-10-10T23:19:00.000-04:00Thanks for replying publicly, Eric. I want to enco...Thanks for replying publicly, Eric. I want to encourage open discussion...especially among people who know what they're talking about!<BR/><BR/>In the time since I originally wrote this post, I've collected many links to SEO articles, newsletters, etc. I intend to study up on the subject next week and gradually improve what I can, with my very limited technical skills. I know that I was obsessing with META keywords; I've since learned that META descriptions, page titles, and page content are all more important, and I've already begun to rewrite my pages with that in mind. I will undoubtedly come up with many questions as I delve into the subject. <BR/><BR/>Eventually I'll post a followup to this subject. Meanwhile, I heartily encourage all informed readers to chime in with observations and advice.Ken Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04151768797194526672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31036985.post-1160531849080908452006-10-10T21:57:00.000-04:002006-10-10T21:57:00.000-04:00I suppose I could give you these thoughts by email...I suppose I could give you these thoughts by email, but this seems more fun. I think you are over-rating the impact of META tags on natural rankings. Search engines have to fight (as far as I understand the problem) people "cheating" the system, which means not using easily exploitable ranking schemes. They need ways to weight relevance. URLs, page titles, h# tags, and such are more likely candidates for a weighting algorithm, especially combined with traffic based on similar items (ie link sources sharing similar weight values).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com