Microsoft KB Archive/205878

= FP2000: Some FrontPage Content Scores Low w/ Some Search Engines =

Article ID: 205878

Article Last Modified on 10/1/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q205878



For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 182615.



SYMPTOMS
Some search engines rank your content lower in the search results than you expect.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because some of the FrontPage templates place the  tag below the tag. Some search engines expect to find the  tag before the  tag. Therefore, some search engines rank your content lower if the  tag is found after the  tag.

The following FrontPage wizards and templates place the  tag below the  tag:
 * Homepage Template
 * Personal Web
 * Corporate Presence Wizard
 * Tutorial Web



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, open the page in the Page View of FrontPage. Click the HTML tab and move the . . . tags to the top of the page.



STATUS


MORE INFORMATION
You can place the  tag at the top of a page. This is an accepted practice. Generally, keywords placed within the title tag have greater importance in relation to how the search engine scores the page. Greater relevance is given to keywords that appear closer to the top of the page.

For more information about improving your score with a specific search engine, contact the consultant for the search engine.

Additional query words: front page

Keywords: kbbug kb3rdparty kbusage KB205878

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