Re: Search Engines
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
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texte = sorry dan - tried to send you an email but it bounced.seems our illustrious ISP has got themselves blacklisted somewhere between here and there.I have put the docs on our server.you can get them here : http://utility.blackpepper.co.nz/se/index.htmlreading through them again i notice they are more targeted at clients rather than techies but i also included a couple of critiques on clients site which also give up some of the secrets.hth----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Simpson
To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 8:28 AM Subject: Re: Search Engines > Alex has hit the nail on the head. > > You either write the pages out or you make the pages appear like they are > there. > > Making the pages available is the first big part of making a site search > engine friendly. I have a couple of documents I wrote explaining the rest of > the mysteries if you are interested. We actually offer this as part of our > service. > > Question marks are not your friend. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alex McCombie > To: WebCatalog Talk > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 9:15 AM > Subject: Re: Search Engines > > > > On 9/26/02 7:09 AM, Alan White wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > > > I was wondering if anyone had advice as to how to go about making a WC > site > > > search engine friendly? I know that store builder comes with a feature > for > > > doing this but otherwise I was hoping others might have come up with > > > solutions for custom built sites... > > > > > > Hope you can help... > > > > > > Alan > > [Warning] The following option is labor intensive[/warning] > > > > If you really wanted to you could employ the following logic. > > > > Dynamic content links to pages that do not exist in the following fashion: > > > > A href=/site/dynamicvarname/dynamicvarvalue/index.tpl > > > > Then if you control your 404 error page you can extract out the > variable(s) > > and implement them into the non existent page. > > > > Similarly you could also, more easily, pass variables all within the file > > name such as: > > A href=/site/value-value-value.tpl > > > > > > For various functions and with control over the error page this can be > used > > to complete search engine friendly (verb) a section of a site. > > > > We use this example in a discussion forum. Each link to the form used to > go > > to an address such as: > > A href=topic.tpl?sku=62365t12492 > > > > Where the sku was queried and shown on the screen. > > A href=62365t12492.tpl > > > > Where the error page is trapped and the file name is stripped of the .tpl > > and the sku is queried, we can essentially take a forum with 20,000 > entries > > and turn it into what appears to be 20,000 pages. > > > > > > Now, once again, this can be a cumbersome process to get started but one > you > > do the possibilities for things like forums, stores, press releases, etc > are > > quite numerous. > > > > > > Best of luck > > Alex > > > > > > > > By adopting the concept of > > Alex J McCombie New World Media > > Chief Information Officer Drawer 607 > > 800/724.8973 Fair Haven, NY 13064 > > Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.com > > > > Interface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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sorry dan - tried to send you an email but it bounced.seems our illustrious ISP has got themselves blacklisted somewhere between here and there.I have put the docs on our server.you can get them here : http://utility.blackpepper.co.nz/se/index.htmlreading through them again i notice they are more targeted at clients rather than techies but i also included a couple of critiques on clients site which also give up some of the secrets.hth----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Simpson To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 8:28 AM Subject: Re: Search Engines > Alex has hit the nail on the head. > > You either write the pages out or you make the pages appear like they are > there. > > Making the pages available is the first big part of making a site search > engine friendly. I have a couple of documents I wrote explaining the rest of > the mysteries if you are interested. We actually offer this as part of our > service. > > Question marks are not your friend. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alex McCombie > To: WebCatalog Talk > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 9:15 AM > Subject: Re: Search Engines > > > > On 9/26/02 7:09 AM, Alan White wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > > > I was wondering if anyone had advice as to how to go about making a WC > site > > > search engine friendly? I know that store builder comes with a feature > for > > > doing this but otherwise I was hoping others might have come up with > > > solutions for custom built sites... > > > > > > Hope you can help... > > > > > > Alan > > [Warning] The following option is labor intensive[/warning] > > > > If you really wanted to you could employ the following logic. > > > > Dynamic content links to pages that do not exist in the following fashion: > > > > A href=/site/dynamicvarname/dynamicvarvalue/index.tpl > > > > Then if you control your 404 error page you can extract out the > variable(s) > > and implement them into the non existent page. > > > > Similarly you could also, more easily, pass variables all within the file > > name such as: > > A href=/site/value-value-value.tpl > > > > > > For various functions and with control over the error page this can be > used > > to complete search engine friendly (verb) a section of a site. > > > > We use this example in a discussion forum. Each link to the form used to > go > > to an address such as: > > A href=topic.tpl?sku=62365t12492 > > > > Where the sku was queried and shown on the screen. > > A href=62365t12492.tpl > > > > Where the error page is trapped and the file name is stripped of the .tpl > > and the sku is queried, we can essentially take a forum with 20,000 > entries > > and turn it into what appears to be 20,000 pages. > > > > > > Now, once again, this can be a cumbersome process to get started but one > you > > do the possibilities for things like forums, stores, press releases, etc > are > > quite numerous. > > > > > > Best of luck > > Alex > > > > > > > > By adopting the concept of > > Alex J McCombie New World Media > > Chief Information Officer Drawer 607 > > 800/724.8973 Fair Haven, NY 13064 > > Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.com > > > > Interface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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