Comments on: iPhone Search Result Optimization Tip #1: Phone Numbers in Meta Tags

By: Hot Mobile Videos

Hot Mobile Videos — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:10:20 +0000

This is a great idea, especially for companies looking for mobile search. I could also see this getting integrated into the adult chat arena, for live chat purposes.
Nice work!

By: skyline

skyline — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:36:24 +0000

optimizing for iPhone ? never heird about this untill now. Anyway, I will try these when my iPhone will arrive.

By: Unlock IPhone

Unlock IPhone — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:51:36 +0000

I agree with you I think the transition is already underway, as well. Everyone is going with the technology boom, pretty soon people will be having robots in there homes cooking for them.

By: Custom T-Shirts Toronto

Custom T-Shirts Toronto — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:13:03 +0000

Great tip! Any other things you can put in meta tags that the iPhone would read?

Perhaps it could auto-GPS locate directions to your address?

By: Affordable Web design and development India

Affordable Web design and development India — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:54:31 +0000

Brilliant Tip. It’s really a smart move. We can’t put the direct links to the cellphones. It is really helpful for local business

By: Long Beach Computer Repair

Long Beach Computer Repair — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:34:29 +0000

Great Tip. I like to put it in the title as well. I find people dont even go in the site. they just call!

By: Ronnie T. Dodger

Ronnie T. Dodger — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:01:14 +0000

@Sherwin – Well, when you click on a linked phone number in Firefox you get an ‘unknown protocol’ error.

Try it out:

801-555-1212

By: Sherwin Raavi

Sherwin Raavi — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:19:48 +0000

Ur shitting me…you can hyperlink a phone number? I’ve never heard of that before. I’ll try that. Skype highlights phone numbers, but what would happen if you don’t have skype on a pc?

By: Ronnie T. Dodger

Ronnie T. Dodger — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:06:36 +0000

ScriptyGoddess wrote a post about linkifying phone numbers over a year ago.

Make phone numbers clickable to dial on mobile phones.

The article points out the differences (and this is typical of Apple) between standards on mobile phones in general, and Apple’s way of doing things. There is an actual mobile phone protocol defined as such:

801-555-1212

That will not work in the iPhone Safari browser. But this will:

1-801-555-1212

Additionally. If you are wondering why the phone number need not be in the Meta Description, no mystery there … just ask Google and why it appears in the first place. Has nothing to do with the iPhone or the browser. But Safari utilizes “smart linking” when it recognizes that the formatting of numbers may be a phone number (ie ###-###-####)

By: Terry Van Horne

Terry Van Horne — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:17:55 +0000

I used Title tag above and it is invisible. I suggested the title as another spot to include the phone number for your mobile version.