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ok,done :)

i'm not sure how you do that in iweb, but again, i've added it manually in an html editor.

Cheers boulderesoundguy, you're every patient.
 
Getting better. There are still structural issues, but getting that text in there is a big improvement. I will suggest you get rid of the meta keywords tag and replace it with a meta desc tag. Keywords have been abused by a lot of sites so Google, and probably the others, don't reward you for them any more, they penalize sites that don't have text in the body that matches all the keywords. In the meta desc tag write a couple of sentences about Pete, like:

Pete Gardiner is a singer/songwriter and acoustic guitar player based in Newtownards who performs at pubs and festivals all over County Down and the surrounding counties.

That gives Google a solid idea of how to rank the page even without text in the body.
 
post deleted.....i've figured some stuff out and i'll fix it tomorrow :)
 
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VomitHatSteve said:
Add text to the page that reflects search terms you want people to find your site with.

Specifically add alt and title text to all of your images. (In html, this looks something like <img src="path/to/img.jpg" alt="This text will pop up when a user hovers his mouse over the image" title="some more text" />)
Display text as text instead of images whenever possible.

And very-importantly, link to your site from other locations in the Internet. Google compiles its listings based largely on what is linking where. So put a link to the site in your signature on this page, and google will say "Woah! there are 1600 links to this site labeled Pete Gardiner. I guess this site is pretty important to fans of Pete." If you post on any other forums, do the same thing there. (If all of your links come from one site, it has less weight than if they're spread across several.)

You can check how your google-fu is by comparing your results with some of google's international versions:
google.com, google.ca, google.co.uk, google.jp, etc.
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seo 101 yay :)

site looks good dude
 
lol,,,is there something below 101???


it's strange being a noob on this site, but i have to come back with my tail between my legs.


That domain name is forwarded, and i've only just learned that google won't list forwarded domains.


I have the option of listing title, description and tags with the provider, or on my index.html

Would listing them with the provider make the domain name 'google visible'?
 
There's sometimes 100 level classes, but those are for non-majors.

What do you mean by "forwarded" domain? So petegardiner.co.uk isn't the canonical URL? It's just camped on top of the actual url?
 
yes; The url is http:// www. web4ni. com/ steen/ petesite/ Pete_Gardiner_Music.html
I've enabled masking with the domain provider and entered title, description and keywords.

They don't allow for any other custom meta info.
 
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