iWeb SEO Tool, the search engine optimization tool for iWeb based sites, has been updated to version 1.9 and adds the two most request features.
It will now work properly with iWeb blogs that use commenting and with iDisk Syncing enabled. Loading a website from your iDisk will also work much faster than before.
This update is of course free and can be download from the iWeb SEO Tool download page.
We have a few important updates currently being beta tested. First and foremost, Macintosh Explorer, our file browser for Mac OS X has some new features including a new tabbed interface, support for Quick Look on Leopard and a few more enhancements.
We also have an update to iWeb SEO Tool which improves on some long standing issues. You can now properly use iWeb SEO Tool when you have MobileMe syncing enabled. You can also now optimize blog pages for search engines.
You can download both beta versions from;
Just create a free beta testers account at the above site and you will see both products listed. Try them out and please submit your feedback and any problems you encounter so we can fix them ASAP.
We are getting ready to release the much anticipated SEO for iWeb Video Tutorial Walk Through. Our intentions for this video is to provide a step-by-step walk through of how to properly optimize an iWeb website for search engines.
The iWeb video tutorial will cover the basics including how to create proper title tags, meta tags and website content. We even show you the secret to including Header tags in iWeb, something never before possible without a lot of additional work.Throughout this entire process we give you insider tips that have been shown to greatly affect how a website ranks in all major search engines.
We even go into more advanced topics including new trends in search rankings recently announced by Google and we delve into local search optimizations to help you get your site in front of your local audience.
The SEO for iWeb walk through video will show you how to implement SEO strategies and why they are important so you can understand how your changes will effect your search engine rankings. This video tutorial will be the first full length tutorial that covers everything you need to know. With over 60 minutes of SEO content, a step by step checklist and an abundance of external resources, every question you had about search engines will be answered.
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Your meta description tag is a short description used to describe each page on your website. Although most major search engines do not use it to determine where your website ranks in their search results, they do use it in their search results to give searchers an idea of what your page is all about.
A good meta description tag can entice searchers to visit your website, over some of the other listed results. Basically it’s used to quickly grab the attention of a searcher so that they click your link in the search results.
For years, if you left out a meta description tag, or your meta description tag did not properly describe your page, Google would attempt to find more relevant snippets in your webpage content. of course, this caused a problem because now you have no control over what’s displayed in Google’s search results. Leaving it up to a computer (Google’s indexing software), means you never know whether or not it will entice people to click your link, or even if it would make sense.
Recently, Google has started doing the same thing with Title tags. Title tags are what you see at the very top of your web browser when you visit a webpage. They are probably the most important on-page optimization you can make on each of your webpages. If you leave your title tag out, or if you do not have a title tag that accurately describes your webpage, Google will attempt to change it to something more relevant. Of course, this causes the same issue with the meta description tag.
A good title tag has the following characteristics;
You can watch Matt Cutts, head of Google’s web spam team, talk about this change below.
With a free Google Webmaster Tools account and XML Sitemap, Google will give you advice and feedback on all your title and meta tags. Just check your Google Webmaster Tools account and click the Diagnostics tab and then the HTML Suggestions tab on the left hand side.
For iWeb users, make sure you use iWeb SEO Tool to add unique title tags and meta tags to each of your pages to properly follow Google’s guidelines.
Facebook allows companies, organizations, or individuals to start groups and fan pages to make it easier for Facebook users to keep up with all your news and upcoming events.
A couple of months ago they came out with widgets that you can add to your website. You can see an example of a Facebook widget on the side of this blog. It shows all the users that are a fan of RAGE Software and lets any blog reader to quickly become a fan as well.
Macworld.com recently published an article describing how to Integrate an iWeb website with Facebook.
It shows you how to add Facebook widgets to your iWeb site using HTML snippets. It also shows you how to get your RSS Feed on your Facebook page. This means all of your blog posts can automatically be added to your wall or fan page. There are many widgets to choose from, so it’s definitely worth a look to see what is available.
It’s a great article to read over if you would like to keep your facebook friends or fans updated on your website news and events.
Combined with iWeb SEO Tool to optimize your website for search engines, and Sitemap Automator, to get your website listed in all major search engines, this can be a great way to attract more visitors to your website.
Now with Sitemap Automator 2.2 you can create XML Sitemaps for you very large websites. Sitemap Automator can now create XML Sitemap Index files meaning you can now submit more than 50,000 links to search engines.
This free update also includes improved support for MobileMe users with the ability to publish your XML Sitemaps to your root directory. By publishing to your root directory you will be able to see all the stats in your Google Webmaster Tools account. Also, by publishing your XML Sitemap files to your root directory on your MobileMe account, they will no longer get overwritten when making changes to your iWeb site and republishing it.
Sitemap Automator helps users get their website listed in all major search engines by creating specially formatted sitemap files, called XML Sitemaps, and submitting them to Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask.com.
To help you get started with the new features, a video tutorial has been created by Apptorial.com which shows you step by step how to publish your XML Sitemaps with Sitemap Automator.
We are very excited about this release and invite you to download the free version from our website and try it out.
iWeb SEO Tool 1.5.2 has just been released. It fixes problems with publishing to both FTP servers and MobileMe. If you previously had trouble publishing your website, try this new version.
It also improves compatibility with Snow Leopard.
This update is of course free and be download from the iWeb SEO Tool download page.
We have published an updated step by step video tutorial for getting your website listed in all major search engines with Sitemap Automator. The tutorial was created by courtesy of AppTorial Video Tutorials.
Whether you are using WebDesign, iWeb, Dreamweaver, RapidWeaver, Sandvox, or any other web development tool of your choice, follow the quick and easy step by step video tutorial to learn how to get your website listed in all major search engines with just a few minutes of work.
Sitemap Automator is the easiest way to create, publish and notify search engines of your industry standard XML Sitemap. XML Sitemaps are used to let search engines know about all pages on your website, how important each page is, and how often each page is updated.
We have posted a minor update for iWeb SEO Tool. It fixes an error message that would appear when applying tags to your iWeb site if you have never used the application folder.
If you were getting error messages about applying your analytics code, this update will fix those problems.
It will also fix a problem with the description and keyword fields not properly wrapping text so the text would go beyond the widths of the fields.
This update is of course free. Updating will not erase any previous data you have entered into iWeb SEO Tool.
We are pleased to announce a major update to iWeb SEO Tool the search engine optimization tool for Apple’s iWeb.
Version 1.5 brings some big improvements including support for Google Analytics (or any other analytical software such as mint or statscounter) to iWeb. Simply copy and paste your analytics code into the Site Settings tab of iWeb SEO Tool and let it take care of all the hard work for you.
We have also significantly enhanced MobileMe publishing as well as FTP publishing. Your iWeb website will now publish must quicker than before.
Lastly this new update fixes problems with some webpage title’s not updating.
The latest 1.5 version is of course completely free and can be downloaded from the iWeb SEO Tool download page.
For best results, why not use our iWeb Hosting solutions. Optimized for search engines, our iWeb Hosting has all the features you need to a fast loading, high performance iWeb web host.
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