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An SEO Friendly PHP Include Alternative
Posted on 29th June
For years now I’ve been using a technique that most programmers rely on for bringing content to their website. The PHP include functions. You simply add an include function to your site when you need to introduce a new element that would be present in several locations.
For years this technique served me well, and made it quick to add in headers. All of the information was the same across the board, and for much larger sites, made little updates easier. I remember one of my first jobs in the industry required a link needing to be removed from the main menu. I ended up going into the site and changing over 50 pages and thinking to myself “There must be an easier way”. Shortly thereafter, I learned the power of the PHP include. Fast forward a few years later, and I get a call from one of my clients. The PHP include was great, but the SEO team he’d taken his website to had an issue with the way my site had been built. They wanted each page to have custom keywords, descriptions, and titles to each individual page. My client informed me he’d still pay me for my services, and that he’d still work with me in the future but I’d need to find a solution for this issue. Continue reading
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My name is Andrew Kelly, and I’m a web developer out of the Toronto, Ontario area. Graduating from Durham College’s Web Developer program in 2006, I’ve been fortunate to work with a variety of clients such as Chrysler, Roots, Mazda and Astral.
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