Microsoft KB Archive/182615

= FP98: Some FrontPage Content Scores Low w/ Some Search Engines =

Article ID: 182615

Article Last Modified on 12/1/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q182615



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 a text editor, such as Notepad, and move the tag to the top of the page.

NOTE: If you reopen the page in FrontPage Editor, it will rewrite the HTML and move the tag below the tag. Therefore, if you re-edit the page in FrontPage Editor, you will need to modify the page again in a text editor.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
Placing the tag at the top of a page 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: kbprb kb3rdparty kbusage KB182615

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