Re: no subject

by "Eric Hoffman" <EHoffman(at)meagher.com>

Date:	Fri, 11 Sep 1998 15:43:03 -0500
To:	hwg-theory(at)hwg.org, apl(at)vegawebdesigns.com
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best explanation is that they are simple declaring a document type....which=
 has bearing on validation, but as far as I have ever heard, nothing to do =
with search engine positioning.

Make sure to look at meta tags like keywords, description....the title, =
the repitition of keywords in the document itself.

Hopefully your client will learn search engines are an inexact science at =
best!  (It may allow you to keep some hair!)

HTH

Regards,=20
Eric J Hoffman
Intranet Manager/Web Development Team Lead
Meagher & Geer, PLLP
Member: HTML Writer's Guild
International Webmasters Assoc.
WebStandards Project

>>> Alan Loesberg <apl(at)vegawebdesigns.com> 09/11 12:56 PM >>>
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Hi All,
I have a client who has become obseessed with positioning on search
engines. In looking at the Document Source, several pages have the
following at the very top of the html document.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN">

Can anyone tell me what this means?

Thanks
alan

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