If you use iWeb, you already know that when you type in your website’s URL, once you are taken to your page, the URL in the address bar will forward to your domain name, followed by the site name that you gave in iWeb while publishing, followed by your page’s file name. It will look something like this;
What we will show you in this tutorial is how to shorten the URL so it only looks like this;
http://www.mydomain.com/page-name.html
The steps to do this are actually quite simple and if you are already using iWeb SEO Tool there really isn’t much more to it. It does require that you have a real web host with an FTP server, but if you are serious at all about your website, you should have one already.
iWeb SEO Tool the free search engine optimization tool for iWeb based sites, has been updated to version 1.9 and adds the two most request features.
It will now work properly with iWeb blogs that use commenting and with iDisk Syncing enabled. Loading a website from your iDisk will also work much faster than before.
We have a few important updates currently being beta tested. First and foremost, Macintosh Explorer, our file browser for Mac OS X has some new features including a new tabbed interface, support for Quick Look on Leopard and a few more enhancements.
We also have an update to iWeb SEO Tool which improves on some long standing issues. You can now properly use iWeb SEO Tool when you have MobileMe syncing enabled. You can also now optimize blog pages for search engines.
Just create a free beta testers account at the above site and you will see both products listed. Try them out and please submit your feedback and any problems you encounter so we can fix them ASAP.
Google recently updated their analytics code for a number of reasons. The most important reason is so that the code can run asynchronously while your website loads. This means your website load time should be faster and tracking should be more reliable.
In order to take advantage of the new Google Analytics code, we have added the ability to enter code into the head section of your website in iWeb SEO Tool. This means in addition to adding Google Analytics you can add custom javascript, favicons, meta tags or just about anything else you need to enter within the
and tags.
To take advantage of this feature, open your iWeb site in iWeb SEO Tool. Your existing Google Analytics code will be in the ‘Footer Code’ field. Remove that code and login to your Google Analytics to get the new code snippet. Copy and paste this snippet into the ‘Head Code’ field. The following video tutorial explains how to add Google Analytics to your iWeb site with iWeb SEO Tool.
This new update also lets you quickly open the modified website folder when pressing the Export button. You have a third option to show your website folder in addition to publishing to your MobileMe or FTP server. Now if you have to you can use a third party FTP client to publish your site or use another tool such as WebCrusher to optimize your iWeb site for faster loading times.
You can download iWeb SEO Tool for free and use it on your iWeb site today.
Over the past few years, iWeb users have used our software to help with their search engine rankings. The free iWeb SEO Tool has been extremely popular with iWeb users since it lets you easily optimize your iWeb site for search engines.
Over the years we have had numerous requests to provide a more step by step approach to the entire SEO approach. A lot of things about search engine optimization can be overwhelming for people just starting out.
So today we are happy to announce the iWeb SEO Walkthrough Video Tutorial. This step by step video will explain everything you need to know about search engines and iWeb. It will walk you through the entire process making sure you understand what is happening and exactly what needs to be done to get more visitors to your site through search engines.
We look forward to hearing your feedback. If you have any additional questions, please let us know. We are always looking for feedback on improving the video.
We are getting ready to release the much anticipated SEO for iWeb Video Tutorial Walk Through. Our intentions for this video is to provide a step-by-step walk through of how to properly optimize an iWeb website for search engines.
The iWeb video tutorial will cover the basics including how to create proper title tags, meta tags and website content. We even show you the secret to including Header tags in iWeb, something never before possible without a lot of additional work.Throughout this entire process we give you insider tips that have been shown to greatly affect how a website ranks in all major search engines.
We even go into more advanced topics including new trends in search rankings recently announced by Google and we delve into local search optimizations to help you get your site in front of your local audience.
The SEO for iWeb walk through video will show you how to implement SEO strategies and why they are important so you can understand how your changes will effect your search engine rankings. This video tutorial will be the first full length tutorial that covers everything you need to know. With over 60 minutes of SEO content, a step by step checklist and an abundance of external resources, every question you had about search engines will be answered.
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Your meta description tag is a short description used to describe each page on your website. Although most major search engines do not use it to determine where your website ranks in their search results, they do use it in their search results to give searchers an idea of what your page is all about.
A good meta description tag can entice searchers to visit your website, over some of the other listed results. Basically it’s used to quickly grab the attention of a searcher so that they click your link in the search results.
For years, if you left out a meta description tag, or your meta description tag did not properly describe your page, Google would attempt to find more relevant snippets in your webpage content. of course, this caused a problem because now you have no control over what’s displayed in Google’s search results. Leaving it up to a computer (Google’s indexing software), means you never know whether or not it will entice people to click your link, or even if it would make sense.
Recently, Google has started doing the same thing with Title tags. Title tags are what you see at the very top of your web browser when you visit a webpage. They are probably the most important on-page optimization you can make on each of your webpages. If you leave your title tag out, or if you do not have a title tag that accurately describes your webpage, Google will attempt to change it to something more relevant. Of course, this causes the same issue with the meta description tag.
A good title tag has the following characteristics;
It accurately describes what is one the corresponding webpage
It is between 60 and 120 characters long
It includes 2-3 keywords or keyword phrases that you want to rank well for
It’s different for every one of your pages
You can watch Matt Cutts, head of Google’s web spam team, talk about this change below.
With a free Google Webmaster Tools account and XML Sitemap, Google will give you advice and feedback on all your title and meta tags. Just check your Google Webmaster Tools account and click the Diagnostics tab and then the HTML Suggestions tab on the left hand side.
For iWeb users, make sure you use our free iWeb SEO Tool to add unique title tags and meta tags to each of your pages to properly follow Google’s guidelines.
Facebook allows companies, organizations, or individuals to start groups and fan pages to make it easier for Facebook users to keep up with all your news and upcoming events.
A couple of months ago they came out with widgets that you can add to your website. You can see an example of a Facebook widget on the side of this blog. It shows all the users that are a fan of RAGE Software and lets any blog reader to quickly become a fan as well.
It shows you how to add Facebook widgets to your iWeb site using HTML snippets. It also shows you how to get your RSS Feed on your Facebook page. This means all of your blog posts can automatically be added to your wall or fan page. There are many widgets to choose from, so it’s definitely worth a look to see what is available.
It’s a great article to read over if you would like to keep your facebook friends or fans updated on your website news and events.
Combined with the free iWeb SEO Tool to optimize your website for search engines, and Sitemap Automator, to get your website listed in all major search engines, this can be a great way to attract more visitors to your website.
We get many of the same error reports for iWeb SEO Tool. You may have received these error messages after getting a message saying you don’t have permission to copy files to your Applications folder when trying to copy iWeb SEO Tool to your Applications folder.
Once you try and launch iWeb SEO Tool, you will continue to get a dialog box asking you to report an issue to us.
The reason this happens is because you are trying to copy a new version of iWeb SEO Tool to your Applications folder while your current version is still running.
Before installing a new version of iWeb SEO Tool, quit any open version you have first and then copy the new version to your Applications folder. If you do not do this, you will receive continuous error messages.
iWeb SEO Tool 1.5.2 has just been released. It fixes problems with publishing to both FTP servers and MobileMe. If you previously had trouble publishing your website, try this new version.
