Re:

At 11:34 AM 2/1/01 -0500, Paul Wilson responded:
> >Can the following be displayed simultaneously in an HTML document?
>
><meta name="description" content="This is where the first description
>will go.">
><meta name="keywords" content="keyword1, keyword2, and so on">
>
><meta name="description" content="This is where a different description
>will go.">
><meta name="keywords" content="keyword3, keyword4, and so on">
>[...]
>The standard is for one description and one keyword meta tag only.  I can't
>remember reading about this specific concept, but imagine most big search
>engines and all directories would penalize this practice.  The directories
>actually inspect your webpage for scams like this.  You might get banned
>from some SE's and Directories just trying it.
[...]
You might also want to look at http://www.searchenginewatch.com/ for more 
information on listing with engines and directories. More and more are 
going with human editing and the meta tags are falling out of favor.

Also, the HWG archives are back in action (I just checked 
http://hwg.org/lists/archives.html) -- do a search for search engines and 
you can review how the policies are changing. It might also be helpful.

Tamara

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