2 quick questions

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by darrens, Dec 12, 2006.

  1. #1
    1) Just seen in source code of a site the following in the <head> area ...
    <base href="http://www.xxxxxxxxxxx.com"/>
    Is it worth adding?
    Whats it for?
    Does it give anything extra to spiders/bots for seo?

    2) Icon's - like used on dp forums ... (see to the left of the url in the above address bar) whats the point of them? is it just to make it look a better site? easy to remember?
    Does it add anything to seo?
    Anyone know of a tool to create a .ico file?

    Thanks in advance.
     
    darrens, Dec 12, 2006 IP
  2. leftybogs

    leftybogs Banned

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    1. well i think its just an URL...

    2. well u can drag that icon to lower portion of the address bar like a toolbar or maybe bookmark.. i used that for bookmarking purposes..
     
    leftybogs, Dec 13, 2006 IP
  3. it career

    it career Notable Member

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    #3
    <base href="http://test.com">
    Means <a href="dir/"> will point to http://test.com/dir

    I prefer not to have any base tag
     
    it career, Dec 13, 2006 IP
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    Nima Well-Known Member

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    I dont know what base tags are,

    But i believe by icons you mean the Favicon.

    That is to help people remember the website easier. For example I use Firefox and have all my favorite links on the toolbar. But I dont have any text beside any of them because they all have favicons and i know them by their pictures...

    Cheers,
    Nima
     
    Nima, Dec 13, 2006 IP
  5. sourcer

    sourcer Well-Known Member

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    Here is a great tool for generating FavIco ;) i used this tool for all my sites.

    http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/

    Enjoy it ;)
     
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  6. darrens

    darrens Peon

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    great tool thanks.
     
    darrens, Dec 13, 2006 IP
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    darrens Peon

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    sourcer - your tool for making icons ... can you tell me how i can make the background transparent?
    I have it transparent in photoshot
    I save it to gif and upload into the tool but when it outputs it has a white background?
     
    darrens, Dec 14, 2006 IP
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    sourcer Well-Known Member

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    You must save it as .png not .gif :)

    Glad I could help :) Hehe :p
     
    sourcer, Dec 14, 2006 IP