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Keywords in cat instead of links
Why does the add category (admin panel) include fields for meta description & meta keywords AND the add links does not?

??When someone does a search shouldn't they be returned sites (links) matching the keywords instead of a categories matching the keywords??

TIA ~~ :) ~~ Craig

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Actually...if you add the Description field in the @search_fields array in the links.def file, it does the same thing.

The reason is that the META fields are available for category pages is that it helps in indexing your site rather than having to go through each category page individually and manually add the META fields.

Regards,

Eliot Lee

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Hey Eliot ~ Still a little confused ~ Putting the Description and Keyword fields in add a link.

Do I have to add

'Meta Description' => [4, 'alpha', 40, 75, 0, '', ''],
'Meta Keywords' => [5, 'alpha', 40, 75, 0, '', ''],

To the %db_def at the beginning of links.def..

AND

What should the
@search_fields = (1,2,5);
Look like after I add the Description.

TIA
Craig


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Uh...NO! Do some research on META tags and what they do in web pages.

For more information:

http://searchengineforums.com/

Regards,

Eliot Lee

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Hi Eliot ~ Thanks for such a fast response..

I love www.searchengineforums.com, that is where I was refered to GossamerThreads..Grate advice..

Guess I'm confusing getting a high rank with searching.

So, when someone does a search at my site, the @search_fields = (1,2,5);
is responsible where and what will get searched as defined by the %db_def? In this case Title, URL and Description.

Have a nice evening,

Craig

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So, when someone does a search at my site, the @search_fields = (1,2,5);
is responsible where and what will get searched as defined by the %db_def? In this case Title, URL and Description.
Correct. And to ensure more relevant searches, either encourage your link owners to add relevant descriptions with relevant keywords or if you want to have a separate keyword field, then download and install the 3 Shov... Mod located in the Resource Center.

Regards,

Eliot Lee