Re: [WebDNA] o search engines index .db files?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2009
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 102864
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texte = ...same here... http://www.SearchBoise.com is essentially a 10-page site = made to look like a 600+=20 page, easily-indexed site thanks to a .db (there's more than one .db, but= you get the idea). As=20 for your direct question, no, I do not believe a .db file would ever be a= ccessed and indexed by a=20 search engine, and even if it was, I wouldn't think the indexing would ma= ke much sense to=20 anybody... now if you converted the .db to an .xml file then maybe you co= uld play ball, but as has=20 been pointed out, converting the data in the .db file into human-readable= webpages would yield the=20 SEO that your client is seeking. -Dan On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 23:17:09 -0400 Terry Wilson
wrote: > Agree; much more relevant and easier to implement. Besides, I wouldn't= want a .db searched; too=20 >much other info in there that's none of anyone's business (settings wit= h phone #s. etc.). >=20 > I have done this on some websites in the form of a description =20 > listing with a search box at the top to make it look more like a delib= erate page. You could add=20 >links to a detail page. Here's what I did for one client:=20 >http://sportingspirit.com/index.html?goto=3Dsearch >=20 > Terry >=20 > On Jul 6, 2009, at 10:51 PM, Stuart Tremain wrote: >=20 >> I would build a page that displays all the data in the format that =20 >> you want the search engine to see and make sense of. The search =20 >> engine is not going to make sense of a flat data file. >> >> >> This is what I have done for one of my clients >> >> http://www.opsmdirect.com.au/contact-lenses.html >> >> >> Regards >> >> Stuart Tremain >> IDFK Web Developments >> AUSTRALIA >> webdna@idfk.com.au >> >> On 07/07/2009, at 11:36 AM, sbraun wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I hope everyone had a safe and happy US Independence Day. >>> >>> I have coded an e-Newsletter and a 'one-way' Blog for my client to =20 >>> use to contact his customers. >>> They each have a database of his various articles and entries. >>> >>> My client has hired a third-party SEO analysis of the pages that I =20 >>> built for him. >>> The SEO analysis company has asked him to ask me if the .db files =20 >>> of his articles can be indexed and searchable by the major search =20 >>> engines. >>> >>> So I'm asking all of you what you know.... >>> Can a .db file type be indexed and searched by the various search =20 >>> engines out there? >>> >>> Would a long path name hinder this indexing? Like =20 >>> www.MyClient.com/newsletter/files/newsletter.db >>> >>> Thanks for any experience. >>> >>> Steve Braun >>> sbraun1@twcny.rr.com >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >> >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >=20 > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/
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...same here... http://www.SearchBoise.com is essentially a 10-page site = made to look like a 600+=20 page, easily-indexed site thanks to a .db (there's more than one .db, but= you get the idea). As=20 for your direct question, no, I do not believe a .db file would ever be a= ccessed and indexed by a=20 search engine, and even if it was, I wouldn't think the indexing would ma= ke much sense to=20 anybody... now if you converted the .db to an .xml file then maybe you co= uld play ball, but as has=20 been pointed out, converting the data in the .db file into human-readable= webpages would yield the=20 SEO that your client is seeking. -Dan On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 23:17:09 -0400 Terry Wilson wrote: > Agree; much more relevant and easier to implement. Besides, I wouldn't= want a .db searched; too=20 >much other info in there that's none of anyone's business (settings wit= h phone #s. etc.). >=20 > I have done this on some websites in the form of a description =20 > listing with a search box at the top to make it look more like a delib= erate page. You could add=20 >links to a detail page. Here's what I did for one client:=20 >http://sportingspirit.com/index.html?goto=3Dsearch >=20 > Terry >=20 > On Jul 6, 2009, at 10:51 PM, Stuart Tremain wrote: >=20 >> I would build a page that displays all the data in the format that =20 >> you want the search engine to see and make sense of. The search =20 >> engine is not going to make sense of a flat data file. >> >> >> This is what I have done for one of my clients >> >> http://www.opsmdirect.com.au/contact-lenses.html >> >> >> Regards >> >> Stuart Tremain >> IDFK Web Developments >> AUSTRALIA >> webdna@idfk.com.au >> >> On 07/07/2009, at 11:36 AM, sbraun wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I hope everyone had a safe and happy US Independence Day. >>> >>> I have coded an e-Newsletter and a 'one-way' Blog for my client to =20 >>> use to contact his customers. >>> They each have a database of his various articles and entries. >>> >>> My client has hired a third-party SEO analysis of the pages that I =20 >>> built for him. >>> The SEO analysis company has asked him to ask me if the .db files =20 >>> of his articles can be indexed and searchable by the major search =20 >>> engines. >>> >>> So I'm asking all of you what you know.... >>> Can a .db file type be indexed and searched by the various search =20 >>> engines out there? >>> >>> Would a long path name hinder this indexing? Like =20 >>> www.MyClient.com/newsletter/files/newsletter.db >>> >>> Thanks for any experience. >>> >>> Steve Braun >>> sbraun1@twcny.rr.com >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >> >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >=20 > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/
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