want to add a comments tag to every page

[bumba000]

Hi all,
I have read all through the meta tags help and have changed some things so they are more to my liking.
I want to add a comment tag so that it appears in the code of every page.
How and where do I add this? Im not a coder but am slowly catching on.
Thanks,
John

[kobra]

If the same for all your pages then include the comment in /includes/languages/english/your_template/meta_tags.php file and use this for the comment:

<!--	Place your comment here	-->

In it's own meta tag or as part of one that exists....

This encapsulation prevents this comment info from being indexed

[Ajeh]

For php files the comments are done:

// these are my comments 

Or for verbose comments:

/*
these are my comments

they take up lots of lines

so I didn't want to comment each line separately
*/ 

The other, that kobra showed are HTML comments ...

[bumba000]

Thanks Kobra & Ajeh. Kobra - since you said that this type of comment wont be indexed this is not what Im looking for.

The comment that Ajeh put up - will this type of comment be indexed?

Heres a piece of the article I was reading and

Comment tags provide a way for webmasters to
add words right in their pages. They're hidden in the HTML code, and so are
not visible to the site's ordinary users, but some search engines can index
them and use them to rank your Web site. The comment tags are another great
way to add keywords to your site, thus increasing the keyword frequency, an
important factor in many ranking algorithms.

So - What will work for this?

[bumba000]

Okay - Ill ask this then. What is the difference in Ajehs 2 examples as far as having the comment indexed by search engines.
I want the comments to be seen only by engines. I would like to add them to one page and have them discoverable in every page of the site.

I can see the diff in what Ajeh wrote there but dont know functionality wise whats the diff.

Thanks,
John

P.S
Whats "Verbose"?

[Kim]

Comment tags provide a way for webmasters to
add words right in their pages. They're hidden in the HTML code, and so are
not visible to the site's ordinary users, but some search engines can index
them and use them to rank your Web site. The comment tags are another great
way to add keywords to your site, thus increasing the keyword frequency, an
important factor in many ranking algorithms.

Where did you find this article? I think this would fall into keyword spamming and get you banned if caught.

[bumba000]

Kim,

http://www.optimization-services.com/
Their site has been pretty helpful. They also advise of over use. Thanks for the advice.

I have found the meaning of verbose -

containing more words than necessary

No if I could only figure out how to add comment tags that can be read and indexed by the engines.

I dont plan to spam. Just a few notes about my site. Any of you who receive our coffe really drink coffee? Ever tried a French Press? They're GREAT!

Thanks,
John

[Kim]

John-

I hope you will forgive me for being skeptical, but a site that claims to be #1 in search engine optimization makes be a bit leery.

Facts: That site has been up since 2003, they only have a couple thousand inbound links and a PR of 5 and an Alexa rank of: 85714

The Zen Cart site on the other hand has also been up since 2003, has over 160,000 inbound links and an Alexa ranking of 3975.

Instead of concentrating on gimmicky tricks, I would recommend working on your inbound links - they will give you better ranking over the long haul.

[bumba000]

Kim,
I did a search for the top 100 sites using the keywords that Im trying to gain rankings for. I found that there are sites there that have a birthdate over 10 years ago and have over 1.5 million inbound/backlinks. There are also sites listed right next to them born in only 2003 with less than 300 inbound/backlinks.
Most of these sites have an overall google pr less than or just equal to mine.

With results like that . . . I dunno. I am working on my backlinks but it is tough.
Most sites that have anything to do with my line of interest are also selling the same products.

I know I should have more than the 34 that I have and I'm working on that. This should have a more immediate effect and I cant wait to see the result.

I did a good bit of SEO for my keyword last night and can now be found in yahoo no. 700 and msn no.374 for it. Yeah and I check a lot. Wasn't found there for the word before I did this work.

So I would like to try some of the other advice that http://www.optimization-services.com has given.

Problem is that the tags they give is the same as what Kobra posted and gives an error in a test spider crawl.

The tags that Ajeh posted gives no errors but still turns up no results in the test spider tool.

Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You,
John

[bumba000]

Okay, So Ive decided against this. After reading Kims reply I did a bit more reading around. Kobra also sent an email that kinda made me think a little more about this. Thanks to both of you.

From what Ive read this method stands a better chance of hurting you than helping. Since there are so many other ways to positively help I figure Ill choose another path.

Have been working backlinks and keywords since this all. cant hurt!

Thanks all,
John