Search Engine Optimization Enhancements in ASP.NET 4
Search engine optimization , or SEO, is the practice of improving a website’s position in search engines’ results using unpaid techniques. A better (higher) position in the search results will, in theory, lead to more click throughs, increasing the website’s visibility and audience. There are a number of simple steps you can take on your website to improve your search engine ranking. A good first step is to download and run Microsoft’s free Search Engine Optimization Toolkit . Point it at a remote website and the SEO Toolkit will crawl the links on the site and identify potential problems and offer suggestions on how to fix them. ASP.NET 4 includes a handful of new methods, properties, and libraries to assist with search engine optimization, including ASP.NET Routing , permanent redirects, and the ability to programmatically specify values for certain <meta> tags. This article examines these enhancements and shows how they can be used for SEO purposes. Read on to learn more! Read More >
