I've been coding my first website! but i don't really know much about how search engines work. I'd appreciate it if i could get some directions on how i could improve my hits. The site is hitplay.net its a horror movie site niche I also have some questions, 1) If i keep my blog updated when i update my site and my twitter will i get back links? 2) also does a duplicated <head> tags make a big deal? 3) is having to many links on my front page a bad or good thing, if so how many is to many? 4) i response.redirect from default.aspx which is the root index page to browse.aspx, Is that a good idea? or are redirects a bad thing? 5) does javascript such as jquery or ajax affect what search engines see on my site? 6) my content is database driven, is it seen as rich content? if not is there something i can improve? 6) are my urls and querystrings compatible with major search engines? Thanks for your time, wren
1) If i keep my blog updated when i update my site and my twitter will i get back links? Probably yet that won't be enough. You will need more links. 2) also does a duplicated <head> tags make a big deal? Not really, unless it's the title tag. 3) is having to many links on my front page a bad or good thing, if so how many is to many? Bad. You shouldn't have more than 100 links on a single page... and the menu usually takes a handful. 4) i response.redirect from default.aspx which is the root index page to browse.aspx, Is that a good idea? or are redirects a bad thing? Use 301 redirects on htaccess file preferrably. 5) does javascript such as jquery or ajax affect what search engines see on my site? Depending on each script, of course, they may or may not affect. 6) my content is database driven, is it seen as rich content? if not is there something i can improve? Yes, forget CMS and code your site yourself. 6) are my urls and querystrings compatible with major search engines? if you can see a web page typing an address on the bar, then the search engine can see it too.
yup tedel answered moreor less all questions.. however i would like to add to 5) does javascript such as jquery or ajax affect what search engines see on my site? Depending on each script, of course, they may or may not affect. it is always better to call the script from outside.. and not have it coded inside.. basically like you call css sheet.. by rel and link almost similarly.
Make sure you ping your site when you are making updates, so that the googlebot comes running to index your site.
It is a good topic you opened so we may renew our skills.Calling the code outside as already said is really good for SEO because you are reducing page weight
Could you explain this a little more? I don't know what you mean by ping my site, can this be done on the google website? What do you mean by this? My site is coded by myself in c# and ajax, but it does run off a mysql database, is this considered CMS? and could you tell me why its bad for search engines?