Meta Keywords Outdated and Unnecessary

Are meta keywords outdated. This old meta tag has been outdated since at least 1999. The term was overused by webmasters so search engines stopped using meta keywords for ranking. Instead of using keywords today take advantage of the tags feature in content management systems. Meta Keywords Outdated So Don't Use Them Major search engines …

Correct Mystique Site Title Header

Correct site title headers for WordPress themes. There should only ever be a single header level 1 <h1> instance on any webpage. When duplicate H1 markup was spotted in a theme I was using I decided to fix the theme site title. The theme discussed is the old WordPress Mystique theme. Mystique is one of …

WordPress Widget Headings

A Basic WordPress Widget Heading Error A basic WordPress widget title error uses <h3> HTML heading markup. WordPress is mostly a SEO friendly system, yet this is one critical error that will reduce the optimisation of a WordPress blog or website: WordPress encloses Widget Titles within <h3> header markup. WordPress is not the only system …

W3C Validation – Is it still Relevant

W3C Validation Tool W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) the internet standards organisation provides a tool to validate web pages against the prescribed document types e.g. HTML1 transitional, HTML4 strict and others. The validation is of course voluntary. Web site builders often make use of the validation tool to check the pages they are creating meet …