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How do I add META tags to my site using Macromedia Dreamweaver?
Macromedia Dreamweaver and Submitnet

By using Submitnet's online tools in conjunction with Dreamweaver you can optimize your site for search engines. First, use Submitnet's online tools to add meta tags to your URL.

  1. Start by going to https://www.submitnet.net/login/default
  2. Log in to your Site Management Area
  3. Run the Submission Options tool
  4. Add a relevant site title, list of keywords and a description
  5. Click the Update button
  6. Run the meta tag generator.

Here are the steps to add meta tags using Macromedia Dreamweaver.
  1. Open your Page in Macromedia DreamWeaver in another browser window.
  2. Select View from the tool bar.
  3. Select Code from the pulldown menu.
  4. Add the Submitnet custom meta tags.
    • Copy the Submitnet custom meta tags from the Meta Tag Generator.

    • Example (only copy this part)
       <Title>your title</Title>
       <META Name="revisit-after" Content="30 Days">
       <META Name="Description" Content="your description">
       <META Name="Keywords" Content="keyword, keyword, keyword">
       <META Name="Author" Content="your name">

    • Paste the Submitnet custom meta tags just under the opening <head> and before the <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

    • The final version will look similar to this:

       <head>

       <Title>your title</Title>
       <META Name="revisit-after" Content="30 Days">
       <META Name="Description" Content="your description">
       <META Name="Keywords" Content="keyword, keyword, keyword">
       <META Name="Author" Content="your name">

       <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
       </head>
  5. Then save and re-upload your page.

To further optimize your site:

Here are the steps to add alt tags to the graphics of your page using Macromedia Dreamweaver. Alt tags serve many purposes. Alt tags provide text information that search engines can use to determine keyword ratios and place your URL accordingly.

  1. Open your page in Dreamweaver
  2. Right click the graphic you wish to add text to.
  3. Select edit tag from the pulldown.
  4. Another box will pop up. In the alernate text box type the text that describes the graphic. (Suggestion: Enter the text of your description tag, and/or a few keyterms seperated by commas)
  5. Click OK
  6. Repeat on other graphics on your page. Add unique content to each graphic.
  7. Save and upload the page.

When you finish log in at https://www.submitnet.net/login/default and run the analysis tools again.


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