Posted by tom.camp on August 29, 2008 at 2:08pm
Recently a client contacted me with some instructions from her SEO guy. He is quite concerned that there are script tags before the meta description, keywords and robots. This data is being generated using print $head right after the print $head_title.
Example:
<title>Mountain Climbing Expeditions | Family Adventure Travel</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<!--[if lt IE 7]>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/misc/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/misc/drupal.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/modules/nice_menus/nice_menus.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
var BASE_URL = "/";
--></script>
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
var BASE_URL = "/";
--></script>
<!-- Additional IE/Win specific style sheet (Conditional Comments) -->
<!--[if lte IE 7]>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/sites/all/modules/jstools/tabs/tabs-ie.css" type="text/css" media="projection, screen" />
<![endif]-->
<meta name="description" content="From mountain climbing expeditions to family adventure travel, we offer an array of international adventure tours. Explore the Alps by skis on the Haute Route or go hiking in Patagonia." />
<meta name="keywords" content="mountain climbing,expeditions,adventure eco travel,famlily adventure travel,hiking vacation,trekking trips,adventure travel guide,aspen adventure travel,mountain world travel,adventure travel company,IFMGA mountain guide,sustainable travel" />
<meta name="robots" content="index,follow" />
<meta name="DC.title" content="Adventures" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/files/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />Is this actually a concern, and if so, how can I correct it?
Thanks
Comments
I have never heard that the
I have never heard that the position of meta tags in the head section does matter. Would be interesting to hear an explanation from the SEO guy for his concerns.
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ramiro.org
script elements
I don't think the order makes any difference at all.
The robots meta tag isn't needed if it just contains "index,follow".
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That's right robots will
That's right robots will index and follow, when there is no robots meta tag, but this may lead to problems with duplicate titles. I recently wrote an article about that and a possible way to avoid duplicate titles:
http://www.seo-expert-blog.com/blog/avoiding-duplicate-title-tags-on-pag...
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ramiro.org
Ok, that confirms my
Ok, that confirms my suspicions.
Thanks,
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