Monday, 23 August 2010
Page titles are one of the most powerful on-site search engine ranking factors that you have control over but website owners often neglect them.
Whether your intention is to improve your search engine visibility or make your website more meaningful and interoperable, you should avoid these five common pitfalls when coming up with page titles.
What Are Web Page Titles?
A web page title is the value you assign the
tag that’s typically found on top of an HTML/XHTML document inside the <head> tag.</p>
<p>Read the full story at <a href="http://sixrevisions.com/content-strategy/5-common-seo-mistakes-with-web-page-titles/" target="_blank">Six Revisions</a></p><a href="/news/?id=82">Permalink</a><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px"> </div><h3><a href="/news/?id=81">Facebook adds check-in feature with "Places," teams up with likely competitors</a></h3><h4>Friday, 20 August 2010</h4><p>Leading social network Facebook Wednesday announced Facebook Places, a service which adds location awareness to the service's mobile experience.</p>
<p>The service launches tonight in the United States as a part of the Facebook application for iPhone, and on the HTML5 touch.facebook.com, and users will have the ability to "check in" to their locations similar to the way users on Foursquare, Gowalla, and Brightkite can, and likewise they can find out who and what is available around them.</p>
<p>Read the full story at <a href="http://www.betanews.com/article/Facebook-adds-checkin-feature-with-Places-teams-up-with-likely-competitors/1282181728?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bn+%28Betanews+Full+Content+Feed+-+BN%29" target="_blank">Betanews</a></p><a href="/news/?id=81">Permalink</a><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px"> </div><h3><a href="/news/?id=80">Vimeo Gets HTML5-Friendly Embeds and a Roku Channel</a></h3><h4>Wednesday, 18 August 2010</h4><p><img border="1" src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/vimeo-ipad-225.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Online video community Vimeo has added HTML5 support to its video embeds, making its content accessible on devices like the iPhone and iPad.</p>
<p>Although the main Vimeo website is HTML5, its embed codes have remained Flash-only. This has been frustrating for mobile users and content creators who want to be on as many devices as possible.</p>
<p>Read the full story at <a href="http://mashable.com/2010/08/17/vimeo-html5-roku/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mashable%2Fvideo+%28Mashable+%C2%BB+Web+Video%29" target="_blank">Mashable</a></p><a href="/news/?id=80">Permalink</a><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px"> </div><h3><a href="/news/?id=79">Yahoo begins transition to Bing search, kills SearchMonkey</a></h3><h4>Wednesday, 18 August 2010</h4><p>Yahoo said Tuesday that it would begin to switch over its search backend to the Microsoft platform in the US and Canada, the cornerstone of an agreement reached between the two companies last July. A "Powered by Bing" graphic would appear at the bottom of its search pages after the transition, the company said.</p>
<p>It would still be some time yet before other markets worldwide transition to Bing, for which Yahoo gave no timeline, although it's expected the full transition wouldn't be complete until 2012. Of course, one notable example would be Japan: that division is switching to a Google backend pending regulatory approval and any legal challenges.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.betanews.com/article/Yahoo-begins-transition-to-Bing-search-kills-SearchMonkey/1282074375?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bn+%28Betanews+Full+Content+Feed+-+BN%29" target="_blank">Read the full story at Betanews<br />
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