Website dynamic content - search engine

[d2005]

hi there,

Just have like a general question.
ive written a small web app etc... but there is not alot of content on the webpages.
for example most of the content is read from textfiles and mysql and loaded onto the page as the user moves through the site.

What options are available to me to help with search engine listings, without having to sell my kidneys.
Is there anything i can do coding wise or to the application that would help?

Ive read some articles about the obvious meta tags and newsletters may help etc...

-- a small note would be i created my app which is hosted on a certain url.
-- the main url would be a loading page which does a redirect

Any general advice or things to look into would be muchly appreciated.

Thanks for any replys
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[mendhak]

Clean HTML and page layout helps a bit, titles in H1 tags... not sure about this redirect though. Why are you redirecting and how are you redirecting?

[d2005]

hi,

yeah i know the redirect isnt great. but i dont mind them going directly to the working url.
Basically I got a url and got it all hosted etc... thats fine.
but then i got a better url to match the comany name etc...
I am just using a meta tag to redirect after a second.

[mendhak]

You should turn it into an HTTP 301 rather than the meta redirect or Response.Redirect.

[d2005]

Thanks. I just had a little look.
"301 redirect is the most efficient and Search Engine Friendly method for webpage redirection. It's not that hard to implement and it should preserve your search engine rankings for that particular page"

I shall do this. Hoepfully i can still let it delay for a second to show the logo.
I shall ensure i have titles in my html also