Re: How do I get Google to crawl a WebCat site?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 48666
interpreted = N
texte = Why not pass the [cart] value, etc. to this/these page(s) as well and let any humans daring enough to explore, go there, and then make the link *clearly* visible as a 'sitemap' link? Methinks Googlebot would eat it up...-DanOn Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:21:56 -0600 Dennis J. Bonsall, Jr.
wrote:>> If you use Storebuilder, there is a products.db 'flattener' that will create static pages for >>each>> product/page in your catalog, but I've never used it.>>>>This is in essence what I have done myself. I have not used storebuilder, but wrote my own >solution>that created a static page for every item in the database. Then, to link it to the home page, I >put>a near-invisible link near the bottom of the home page. This is the link I want the search >engines>to follow. When I say near-invisible, my hope is not to spam search engines, but to keep regular>users out of the area, simply because their cart will not be carried into that section of the >site.>If they click on the link it is no big deal, but if they experience spurious results like losing >the>contents of their cart, they have no one to blame but themselves for following a link consisting >of>merely a period. It had been a white 10x10 graphic, but I replaced it with a period. However, >there>is no way that the search engines could have known the image was white, as they never downloaded >it,>but I did not want to take any chances.>>Dennis>>>------------------------------------------------------------->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://webdna.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com(208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Why not pass the [cart] value, etc. to this/these page(s) as well and let any humans daring enough to explore, go there, and then make the link *clearly* visible as a 'sitemap' link? Methinks Googlebot would eat it up...-DanOn Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:21:56 -0600 Dennis J. Bonsall, Jr. wrote:>> If you use Storebuilder, there is a products.db 'flattener' that will create static pages for >>each>> product/page in your catalog, but I've never used it.>>>>This is in essence what I have done myself. I have not used storebuilder, but wrote my own >solution>that created a static page for every item in the database. Then, to link it to the home page, I >put>a near-invisible link near the bottom of the home page. This is the link I want the search >engines>to follow. When I say near-invisible, my hope is not to spam search engines, but to keep regular>users out of the area, simply because their cart will not be carried into that section of the >site.>If they click on the link it is no big deal, but if they experience spurious results like losing >the>contents of their cart, they have no one to blame but themselves for following a link consisting >of>merely a period. It had been a white 10x10 graphic, but I replaced it with a period. However, >there>is no way that the search engines could have known the image was white, as they never downloaded >it,>but I did not want to take any chances.>>Dennis>>>------------------------------------------------------------->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://webdna.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com(208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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