search engines finding me

[tinkerbell]

I have at last completed my website now all I have to do is let people know I am here, I've just started reading up on meta tags, keywords etc.
I am offering services to a general area so forgive me for sounding dumb but would that mean on every page I would have to have that specific area on my page?

[Bethers]

Re: search engines finding me

Yes - every page is different so the meta information for each page should be different to reflect THAT particular page.

[tinkerbell]

Re: search engines finding me

so in my case I'm offering my services in Newcastle but haven't got Newcastle on any of the pages, so would it be a good idea to put my area (newcastle) on every page?
I could put it in under my page header?


www.top-2-toe.com

[Bethers]

Re: search engines finding me

It doesn't have to be on every page - you need to optimize different pages for different terms - but if you want to be found if someone is searching for your service in Newcastle - you need to either optimize onsite (include it on the page and in the title) or off-site (use linking text with Newcastle and your other top keywords for the service) or, best yet, a combination of the two.

Again - do not try to optimize every page for the same words - you'll have a lot more success if you work with different words/phrases on different pages. Now, if you offer different services - and want all to be optimized mainly for Newcastle - then, yes, you could include it on every page. - One way would be to put your location name and address in your header or footer.