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Just a simple seo question for our local experts. Does changing the font size within an H1 or H2 diminish its weight? Does this need to be done externally on a style sheet or can it be done the old fashioned way: using the <font> tag (for the CSS-challenged.)?

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

Does changing the font size within an H1 or H2 diminish its weight?

Not to my knowledge.

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

Does this need to be done externally on a style sheet or can it be done the old fashioned way: using the <font> tag (for the CSS-challenged.)?

You don't have to use an "external" style sheet. For individual pages you can include internal styles in the head section with the <style> tag:
<head>
<STYLE type="text/css">
H1{ font-size: 14pt}
</STYLE>
</head>

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Originally Posted by Jeff Blackwell

Not to my knowledge.

You don't have to use an "external" style sheet. For individual pages you can include internal styles in the head section with the <style> tag:<head>
<STYLE type="text/css">
H1{ font-size: 14pt}
</STYLE>
</head>

Thanks, Jeffrey. I was not familiar with that tag.

I noticed a couple weeks ago that MSN is displaying "keywords" on the SERPs instead of the description. Does anyone know if they have made any recent SEO changes that correlates to this change. As a consumer, I hate it. I like to read the descriptions, not a bunch of spammy keywords!

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

I noticed a couple weeks ago that MSN is displaying "keywords" on the SERPs instead of the description. Does anyone know if they have made any recent SEO changes that correlates to this change.

I have seen "keywords" being displayed as you mentioned but only on occassion.

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

As a consumer, I hate it. I like to read the descriptions, not a bunch of spammy keywords!

Maybe the webmasters who wrote the spammy keywords will get the message.

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Originally Posted by Jeff Blackwell

I have seen "keywords" being displayed as you mentioned but only on occassion.

Maybe the webmasters who wrote the spammy keywords will get the message.

Aren't most keywords lists spammy? Afterall, they are just a list of keywords. While the "description" was always displayed for my pizza coupon website, a few weeks back I noticed our description was replaced with our keywords list--we look as spammy as the next guy

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

Aren't most keywords lists spammy?

It seems like a large percentage of Meta Keywords Tags are "stuffed" and as such appear "SPAMMY."

IMO, "keyword stuffing" does more harm than good.

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Originally Posted by Jeff Blackwell

It seems like a large percentage of Meta Keywords Tags are "stuffed" and as such appear "SPAMMY."

IMO, "keyword stuffing" does more harm than good.

Yes, I know mine is (pizza site), but we've had great ranking for 5 years...(back when keywords were "everything." I hate the way it reads on MSN right now, but if it aint broke...I don't mess with the keywords (even though they are probably no longer responsible for my ranking)

Does anyone out there use WordTracker? What do you think and how heavily should I consider my keyword search results in terms of KEI? As I was re-reading SEO-guy's tutorial (thanks Jeff!), I noticed it and decided to try it. Of course I THOUGHT I had already determined my keywords and now I am rethinking. Also, I'm a little unclear why they recommend searching keywords with the quotes. I thought the "exact" matched keyword sites would come up first when no quotes were used, but apparently that is not the case.

Any thoughts?

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

Does anyone out there use WordTracker?

I use DigitalPoint's Keyword Suggestion Tool which provides WordTracker stats.

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

Also, I'm a little unclear why they recommend searching keywords with the quotes. I thought the "exact" matched keyword sites would come up first when no quotes were used, but apparently that is not the case.

Using the "Quote" operator will only return results with the exact phrase.

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Originally Posted by SEO-LAD

I use DigitalPoint's Keyword Suggestion Tool which provides WordTracker stats.

Using the "Quote" operator will only return results with the exact phrase.

The thing that baffles me when I type is search terms and scrutinize the websites that came up in the lead spots is: The keywords typed in are highlighted and often they are not even all present (even when using quotes). I then search the page for the exact match and cannot even find it! Not on all sites, of course, but many. Usually the content is relevent, but still...where are the keywords in the document?

Well over-analyzation will make one nuts. As Jeffrey said to me in another related thread...optimize for your keywords and walk away! Good advice. Thanks for your help SEO-Lad.

I purchased Wordtracker for a day (which is a wonderful option..to be able to try it for one day, with minimal outlay. This is great for someone like me who doesn't do SEO for a living--thank GOODNESS--I HATE it!, but is trying to get ranking on their own site.)

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RainMaker	Seo - Misc. Just a simple seo question for our local experts. Does changing the font size within an H1 or H2 diminish its weight? Does this need to be done externally on a style sheet or can it be done the old fashioned way: using the <font> tag (for the CSS-challenged.)?

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RainMaker	Re: Seo - Misc. I noticed a couple weeks ago that MSN is displaying "keywords" on the SERPs instead of the description. Does anyone know if they have made any recent SEO changes that correlates to this change. As a consumer, I hate it. I like to read the descriptions, not a bunch of spammy keywords!

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