Location of Title and META tags in composite pages.

[tigermann]

I am updating a site (designed by someone else) - the php pages call up a common header page.
The Title and meta tags are only found in the header.php page.

My questions are:
1) This might be less work but is it any good for SEO purposes?

2) Even if that's OK - wouldn't it be better to put the tags on each of the main pages? And deleting/omitting these tags from the header.php page.
This way, each of the pages could be titled and described accordingly?

Has anyone any comments/views on the subject?

Thanks.

[RonHollingsworth]

Originally Posted by tigermann

2) wouldn't it be better to put the tags on each of the main pages? And deleting/omitting these tags from the header.php page.
This way, each of the pages could be titled and described accordingly?

When I think header file, I think the visual part of the page like a logo or maybe an upper horizontal navigation. I don't think html code. Yes it's the code that makes those things, but you don't have to put the meta tags in an include. As a matter of fact that is quite silly. I usually call my header file immediately after my </head> tag which houses my meta tags.

[Fruit & Veg]

Yes, each page should be titled and described individually - no need for PHP includes.

[tigermann]

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I usually call my header file immediately after my </head> tag which houses my meta tags.
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Good point, and I'll do that with the new pages - but with the exisiting pages, would it adversely affect the spiders if I leave the tags in the header/include? Does anyone know?

Thanks too, F & V - I know where you're coming from, but there are advantages in using php and include files.

[clasione]

You should delete them from the header file....

Use them differently on each page....