Re: My Very Strange Webhost, SBI! -- Opinions, Please

Prisoner at War <prisoner_at_war@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

> They're $300 a year!  No, no banner ads, etc.
>
> Their claim to fame is that they have an online "module" that builds a
> website for you -- you click, click, click deciding on what pre-
> determined website features you want...kind of like an instant noodles
> approach to site-building.

Run away. Don't walk - run. You said you can get a prorated refund? Get
it. For one thing, web hosting can be found for half what you're paying
or less.

> However, their second claim to fame, proprietary SEO, is what I'm
> interested in -- I don't know much SEO to feel confident on my own in
> that regard

SEO is pure, 100% s**** oil. People write illegible content and publish
pages with 800 HTML errors each, and wonder why Google can't index their
mess. SEO hucksters then try to sell them on the idea of adding a bunch
of meta gibberish, hiding keywords in comments or absolutely positioned
way off to the right of the visible page, etc.

Correct HTML with relevant text doesn't need to be "optimized" for search
engines - they're optimized for it.

> I was thinking of just sticking with them for the learning experience

You've gotten overcharged and ripped off by a huckster. That's enough
learning experiences for now, I think. :-)

sherm--

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