[ConeyIsBabe]

mejahu......... I don't think I saw that movie, but I understand the concept.

I just want to say I've read some of your recent comments and think you have expressed common sense -- at least from MY vantage point ;D

[Lil Dancer]

[zcaveman]

Originally Posted by Talk Host

As you may know, google reacts to the most frequently visited sites. We have no control whatsoever how we are placed on google. We have used all of the preferred phrases in our setup, but it is up to the people who search with google and where they ultimately land. If we had our way, our forum home page would be the top google search return. That is totally a funtion of the search engine and, sadly, not us.

I have several websites that I have worked on. I found out that Google takes the first swash of data it finds to put in the search result.

If you want to have the TOTV preferred phrase from your home page end up in the Goggle search data then you would put the info from your home page in front of the Villages Cruise data and leave it there. No matter what page we start out with at TOTV, you have the TOTV Cruise info. Start out with the TOTV blurb and THEN put the cruise data beneath it. Always. If you change from the cruise to some other tempting tidbit, always leave the TOTV blurb in front.

Just a suggestion.

Z

[troubletog]

I'm very new to this site and generally read a lot of the posts but don't necessarily respond to them. I'm soaking up as much information as I can get right now. So reading and asking questions when needed is what I'm doing right now. Mostly reading. Doesn't mean I'm not interested, just trying to sort everything out.

[Sidney Lanier]

Originally Posted by Boomer BeBack

And I have asked some questions from time to time. And I always get help. There are nice people here....

And the people who write stuff here say things well. And even when they may beat each other up a little, ever so gently, from what I have seen, TOTVers just seem really decent. And if that were not so, I would have been history a long time ago....

So anyway, TOTVers, thanks, and overall, this one sure works.

Boomer

I think what Boomer has written (selections in the quote above) is something we all need to be conscious of. We're a group of human beings, all unique, all expressing ourselves differently, and all with different degrees of sensitivity. While I believe that 'consistently negative no matter what' is an issue best ignored, since we can't change anyone but ourselves (and even that's a challenge...), we can certainly pat ourselves on the back--and express our thanks to the administrators who created TOTV and keep it going--for the opportunity to share as we can here.

[Sidney Lanier]

Originally Posted by zcaveman

I have several websites that I have worked on. I found out that Google takes the first swash of data it finds to put in the search result.

If you want to have the TOTV preferred phrase from your home page end up in the Goggle search data then you would put the info from your home page in front of the Villages Cruise data and leave it there. No matter what page we start out with at TOTV, you have the TOTV Cruise info. Start out with the TOTV blurb and THEN put the cruise data beneath it. Always. If you change from the cruise to some other tempting tidbit, always leave the TOTV blurb in front.

Hey administrators, zcaveman is absolutely right! It's the first thing on any site that becomes the highlighted opening words on a Google search. Put something of greater appeal and general interest as the first thing on each page in TOTV, and that's what will come up on a Google search!

[zcaveman]

Thanks. Sidney. I could not have said it better myself. :hot: :hot: :hot: 040 040 040

Z

[graciegirl]

I adore reading anything by Boomer and also Sidney and can't wait to meet all three including Mrs. Sidney, Hyacinth Bucket.

[Russ_Boston]

SL and Z - I agree about the text placement since that is what shows but we are searching Google using something like "Talk of the Villages" etc. Sure, but try finding it using a more generic search like "The Villages forum".

You'll notice that other abstracts appear for the same page since Google will search for the first relevant text after your search (In this case the key word for Google is forum).

I know it isn't easy (that's part of my current job) and maybe the site really doesn't need casual search interest but rather direct interest anyway.

Admins - Remember, the first thing that will show up in a Google abstract is the first real text on the page that relates to the search phrase - In the first case "The September Talk of the Villages cruise..." In the second case "You'll want to check the main forums..."