Naming your Files
One
of the most important aspects of Search Engine Optimization
is how you name a file. Pretty much all websites
require the first page of a site to be named index.html
(or index.php, index.asp, etc) based on the fact
that it is just that... The index file. However
there are no limitations on what to name your other
files. Those files should always be named according
to your page's primary content and the meta tag
title.
For
example, if the title of the article on that specific
page is "How To Raise Horses" then you
should concider two things prior to naming your
file.
- The
title should be placed within <H1></H1>
tags.
- the
title should be identicle in the <TITLE></TITLE>
tags.
Example:
<h1>How
To Raise Horses</h1>
is how it should look within the pages code where your
title appears.
<title>How
To Raise Horses</title>
is how the title should appear in the header of your
document while programming.
After
completing these two tasks, then the name of your file
should relate to that title. For example if your file
extentions are .php then your file name for that page
should be (and in all lower case) "how-to-raise-horses.php".
By
doing this, you allow the search engines several methods
of determining the relation between your web page and
how that content is relative to the keywords, content
and title of that page. The file extention alone even
acts like keywords for people seeking content relative
to your website. It's that simple.
You
should also note that dashes "-"
were used instead of underscores "_"
between each word. Dashes are more apt to be recognized
as spaces when useing search engines and thus should
be used instead of underscores. |
