search engines

[seby]

search engines are indexing my site but the description the search bot is using is part of my header and footer, the oddiest parts of the page.

is there any way for the search bot to use content from the center of the page as a description and not my copyright info?

i know a lot of site have a decent looking description and i'm wondering what am i doing wrong.

[jstarkey]

Are you using the description meta tag?

[seby]

yes.

[jstarkey]

There probably isn't much you can do then. Meta tags were so badly abused that a lot of engines just ignore them now.

Someone may know better though. Might wanna check google or bruceclay.com

[goldbug]

Not an instant solution, but I have to post this, or I won't have been a good standards zealot this week. 🙂

http://www.alistapart.com/stories/seo/

[LordShryku]

BAH! Standards, bleh :p

😃

[goldbug]

Originally posted by LordShryku
BAH! Standards, bleh :p

😃

Ahh, there's no more fight left in me today. 🙂

Probably just a little down 'cuz Harry Goz died.

[stolzyboy]

who the 4377 is Harry Goz

[goldbug]

Originally posted by stolzyboy
who the 4377 is Harry Goz

Harry Goz was a voice actor and the voice of Captain 'Howlin Mad' Murphy on the show Sealab 2021 (clearly one of my favorites). It just sucks cuz it seems all these people that I enjoy in some way or another are dying recently.
I need to stop enjoying stuff I guess.

[LordShryku]

I'm still heartbroken bout Mista Cash...

[stolzyboy]

what about Mista Trippa

[LordShryku]

Nope :p

[stolzyboy]

Ahh man, I loved "Three's Company"

[goldbug]

Originally posted by stolzyboy
Ahh man, I loved "Three's Company"

Same here.

Unfortunately, more than one person has told me, that I "reminded them" of Larry. Dunno what to think about that. 🙂

[LordShryku]

You remind me more of that guy Ted who works in accounting

[stolzyboy]

Originally posted by LordShryku
You remind me more of that guy Ted who works in accounting

Ted's pretty cool!

[LordShryku]

Yeah, Ted's good people 😃

[goldbug]

Seeing as how Harry Goz AND Ted from accounting have come up in the same thread, I just have to post this, for context's sake.

From Sealab 2021 : "EPISODE 1 - RADIO FREE"

Control room

Murphy runs up to a crewman at a console.

Murphy: Yo, hey. (whistles) Drone.

Crewman: Uh, yeah, my name is, uh, Ted. From accounting.

Murphy: Well then, you should know how to launch the ten-gigawatt emergency radio beacon.

Ted: Uh, no, not really, sir, I'm... Ted. From accounting -

Murphy: And I've heard great things, Kevin. Now, less lip and more launch!

Ted: Alright, ah, okay.

Ted presses a button on the console, and a radio beacon floats upward past the viewport, cable trailing behind it.

You're the boss.

The beacon continues upward through the ocean, and splashes onto the surface.

The beacon is on the surface, sir. Are we cool, here?

Murphy: Full power! Juice that baby all the way up, Cedric!

Ted: Well, it's in the red now, sir, it's, uh, you know what I'm talk - (He begins laughing) - It's in the red, I'm from accounting...

Murphy bursts out with jubilant laughter, and Ted laughs with him for a while. The laughter dies down.

Murphy: Ah... no. Eh, no, I don't.

Ted frowns.

[Merve]

I know Ted too!