Comments on: Web Standards based design and SEO - Calling out the industry in 2008 http://tonyadam.com/blog/web-standards-based-design-and-seo-calling-out-the-industry-in-2008/ I'm one of those SEO dudes that doesn't spam and I'm into Social Media, basically I'm a web geek. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:23:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Niya http://tonyadam.com/blog/web-standards-based-design-and-seo-calling-out-the-industry-in-2008/#comment-15760 Niya Fri, 16 May 2008 14:43:28 +0000 http://tonyadam.com/blog/web-standards-based-design-and-seo-calling-out-the-industry-in-2008/#comment-15760 Bruce, Interesting article. Nice to know SEO experts realize the huge benefits of writing valid, semantic markup. Just to add on, there are other strategies that may augment, or boost, your SEO rankings; E.G., keyword placement, keyword selection, the title attribute, meta information (well, not so much nowadays, but it helps a tad) and writing good, relevant content/copy for your target audience. A little user research would go a long way too. Get in the minds of your consumers, how they search and what they're thinking and things will be 'all good.' Oh, there are a few HTML and CSS errors; not as many as 71/7, so you must have done a little house-cleaning. Far better than 99% of the sites out there! Again, nice article and thanks for sharing. Cheers, Niya Bruce,

Interesting article. Nice to know SEO experts realize the huge benefits of writing valid, semantic markup.

Just to add on, there are other strategies that may augment, or boost, your SEO rankings; E.G., keyword placement, keyword selection, the title attribute, meta information (well, not so much nowadays, but it helps a tad) and writing good, relevant content/copy for your target audience. A little user research would go a long way too. Get in the minds of your consumers, how they search and what they’re thinking and things will be ‘all good.’

Oh, there are a few HTML and CSS errors; not as many as 71/7, so you must have done a little house-cleaning. Far better than 99% of the sites out there!

Again, nice article and thanks for sharing.

Cheers,

Niya

]]> By: mcinvale http://tonyadam.com/blog/web-standards-based-design-and-seo-calling-out-the-industry-in-2008/#comment-15435 mcinvale Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:49:52 +0000 http://tonyadam.com/blog/web-standards-based-design-and-seo-calling-out-the-industry-in-2008/#comment-15435 your page has 71 errors and 7 warnings. so much for standards, eh? :P your page has 71 errors and 7 warnings. so much for standards, eh? :P

]]> By: Mark http://tonyadam.com/blog/web-standards-based-design-and-seo-calling-out-the-industry-in-2008/#comment-12273 Mark Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:41:38 +0000 http://tonyadam.com/blog/web-standards-based-design-and-seo-calling-out-the-industry-in-2008/#comment-12273 Hey Tony, The more I read about your profession, the more I want to work in it. Can you or any of your readers provide me specific groups in Los Angeles where I can meet up with professionals and rub shoulders? Your help is really appreciated. Please respond directly to my email address. Thanks, Mark@moshee.net Hey Tony,

The more I read about your profession, the more I want to work in it. Can you or any of your readers provide me specific groups in Los Angeles where I can meet up with professionals and rub shoulders?

Your help is really appreciated. Please respond directly to my email address.

Thanks,

Mark@moshee.net

]]> By: Jason Wehmhoener http://tonyadam.com/blog/web-standards-based-design-and-seo-calling-out-the-industry-in-2008/#comment-12000 Jason Wehmhoener Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:44:39 +0000 http://tonyadam.com/blog/web-standards-based-design-and-seo-calling-out-the-industry-in-2008/#comment-12000 Bruce, presentation-oriented class names are a symptom of a larger problem, which is an essential lack of semantics in markup and CSS. The use of HTML tags appropriate to their meaning (h1...h6 for headings, p for paragraphs, etc) rather than div or table/tr/td for *everything* is going to help crawlers make sense of your site. Also, to more directly comment on the use of class names, look into microformats, which use classes to identify even more granular semantic meaning within web content than HTML tags alone can convey. Using semantic class names also has non-SEO benefits. It's just a good idea, and like Jeremy said, chicks dig it! -Jason Bruce, presentation-oriented class names are a symptom of a larger problem, which is an essential lack of semantics in markup and CSS.

The use of HTML tags appropriate to their meaning (h1…h6 for headings, p for paragraphs, etc) rather than div or table/tr/td for *everything* is going to help crawlers make sense of your site.

Also, to more directly comment on the use of class names, look into microformats, which use classes to identify even more granular semantic meaning within web content than HTML tags alone can convey.

Using semantic class names also has non-SEO benefits. It’s just a good idea, and like Jeremy said, chicks dig it!

-Jason

]]> By: Tony Adam http://tonyadam.com/blog/web-standards-based-design-and-seo-calling-out-the-industry-in-2008/#comment-11999 Tony Adam Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:43:24 +0000 http://tonyadam.com/blog/web-standards-based-design-and-seo-calling-out-the-industry-in-2008/#comment-11999 @bruce - the only thing I could think of is a bit blackhat and spammy...but keyword stuffing in your class names...i've seen it done...and while I find that annoying, I would rather see "RealEstateNav" vs. "style1" anyday. @Kimberly I would say it is more of a problem of people in general not following Web standards. Overall, the point is not that being semantic helps your SEO, but standards compliance does (as I am sure you both know), but being semantic will effect your overall ROI to an organization and for your own. @bruce - the only thing I could think of is a bit blackhat and spammy…but keyword stuffing in your class names…i’ve seen it done…and while I find that annoying, I would rather see “RealEstateNav” vs. “style1″ anyday.

@Kimberly I would say it is more of a problem of people in general not following Web standards.

Overall, the point is not that being semantic helps your SEO, but standards compliance does (as I am sure you both know), but being semantic will effect your overall ROI to an organization and for your own.

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