Trout Fishery Listings
May 29th, 2008 Posted in SEO, web designIts been a while since I last posted…..I have been really busy!
One thing I have been working on is the latest project for my colleague, James Farrer, a Trout Fisheries directory. Now, although the subject of Trout fishing is not the most enthralling (at least for me), I have been trying to assist in the area of SEO (Search Engine Optimisation).
James is using quite a few ASP.NET controls on his pages, including Collapsable Panels, Link Buttons and some of the AJAX extenders for pop up links. None of these are very search engine friendly.
So we are currently working to increase the indexability of his web site by using pure html links and QueryStrings instead of the horrible JavaScript links produced when using LinkButtons and other controls. I know……I Know…..QueryStrings aren’t very search engine friendly either! This is the first stage. The next is to introduce some URL re-writing so that we have some friendly URLs to link to as well.
There is alot more that can be done to make this site more ’spiderable’ and I will post again when we are further on. Also, do check the site out as it does use GoogleMaps and AJAX in quite a nice fashion.
