Re: Search engine and no text page

From: Shelley Watson <shelleyw(at)home.com>
>I've done up a splash page that is just a graphic, company name
>and 4 page links.  I have put in meta files (keywords,
>description, etc.) but if I recall correctly some search engines
>(Excite?) don't index with meta files, so.......my questions are:
>
>1)  How do you make sure that the company info gets indexed if
>there is no text on the default.html page?

Opt to making a site map page with text links to everything in your web
site. Submit this page, which in turn will help the search engines locate
pages within your web site.

>2) Should I do up a brief description in the same color as the
>background (in this case, black) so it doesn't show up on the
>page but is in the source file and place it under the
>graphic/companyname/links?

No, this is considered spamming the search engines and some will basically
blackball/ban your page from their listings.

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Cindy K. Stanley, SSS
Stanley Support Service

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