Jump to content
  • Checkout
  • Login
  • Get in touch

osCommerce

The e-commerce.

Google Set Date on website - QUESTION


Kasketkarl.nu

Recommended Posts

Posted

Im trying to SEO my website, but right now my SEO Software Says that i need to show, when my website is created.

 

it says:

( The web site age could not determine. In general, the older your site, the better is for your rankings....... )

 

 

Does someone knows, a script or something, that can created that.

I know it's the Structure of html, but itsnt there another way?

 

Thanks for your reply!! :)

Posted

I've never heard that before but that really don't mean much.

 

Is it suggesting some sort of "tag" to tell the bot how long the site has been around? Other then that I would assume they rely on internal timestamps. Meaning google indexed you in 2005 and now its 2010 so you been around for 5 years.

 

In stock oscommerce we have this code in the footer.

<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1">
<tr class="footer">
<td class="footer">  <?php echo strftime(DATE_FORMAT_LONG); ?>  </td>
<td align="right" class="footer">  <?php echo $counter_now . ' ' . FOOTER_TEXT_REQUESTS_SINCE . ' ' . $counter_startdate_formatted; ?>  </td>
</tr>
</table>

Where: <?php echo $counter_now . ' ' . FOOTER_TEXT_REQUESTS_SINCE . ' ' . $counter_startdate_formatted; ?> echos the amount of hits since the site started.

Posted

I've never heard that before but that really don't mean much.

 

Is it suggesting some sort of "tag" to tell the bot how long the site has been around? Other then that I would assume they rely on internal timestamps. Meaning google indexed you in 2005 and now its 2010 so you been around for 5 years.

 

In stock oscommerce we have this code in the footer.

<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1">
<tr class="footer">
<td class="footer">  <?php echo strftime(DATE_FORMAT_LONG); ?>  </td>
<td align="right" class="footer">  <?php echo $counter_now . ' ' . FOOTER_TEXT_REQUESTS_SINCE . ' ' . $counter_startdate_formatted; ?>  </td>
</tr>
</table>

Where: <?php echo $counter_now . ' ' . FOOTER_TEXT_REQUESTS_SINCE . ' ' . $counter_startdate_formatted; ?> echos the amount of hits since the site started.

 

 

Thanks for reply

Isnt it possible to hide that form? :)

Posted

Certainly! Actually most OSC sites I see don't even include that in the footer.

 

Once again as far as SEO is concerned, I've read a crap ton of stuff and never have I heard of a bot requesting the "start date" of a site. Again, that doesn't mean it isn't happening. I just never heard of it before.

 

Personally. it just doesn't make much since because it would be so easy to manipulate.

 

I have not looked at your website but have you tried just throwing in a copywrite date?

Kasketkarl.nu © 2008-2010 or something like it?

Posted

No SE spider/bot is going to look for a "start date" tag. It would be so easy to fake. "My store has been around since 1992!" How could they disprove that? Search engines just keep track of the first time they indexed your site, and remember that to figure out how long you've been around. Yes, they do pay attention to how old the site is, but there's nothing that you can tell them about it. Either you misunderstand what your SEO software is saying/asking, or its author is full of it...

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

×
×
  • Create New...