Re: Spiders and Bots
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 33007
interpreted = N
texte = on 06/09/00 10:11 PM, John Butler at john@feeling-goods.com wrote:> makes a graphic (presumably a transparent pixel) which is linked to a page in > staticpages/ named after one of the products. Does this for each product in > the product > db. WHY? Good question. Maybe storebuilder also makes a bunch of static > product pages > - one for each product - in the hopes that at least some of them might get > indexed by > one or more Search engine so that will drive traffic/attention to the store > via a > specific product page..Yes, it does generate a page for each product.StoreBuilder generated the following page for a product I named Test Product1. StoreBuilder assigned the SKU of 2. The page is named 2.html and is in a folder named staticpages.---------------------------------------------------------
Previous Product ---------------------------------------------------------I can't see why it's using an image, though. Whatever.Making one page per item in a large store could make the files pretty darned big, but if we gotta do that to get the bots to find our stuff, then we gotta. That could be a lotta pages and a lotta work for some sites with a lotta products and a webmaster who does all this by hand. Does carpel tunnel sound familiar?The meta tags would still be necessary to keep the false orders from being placed as long as the Add To Cart link is included, but I'd hate for someone to enter a site from one of these pages found in a search engine.The NOFOLLOW meta tag would keep the false orders from being created, but the NOINDEX tag will keep the bots from even using the page. So, do we use the NOFOLLOW meta tag and a redirect? Will a redirect foul up the purpose of the Previous Product or Next Product links?Glenn ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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on 06/09/00 10:11 PM, John Butler at john@feeling-goods.com wrote:> makes a graphic (presumably a transparent pixel) which is linked to a page in > staticpages/ named after one of the products. Does this for each product in > the product > db. WHY? Good question. Maybe storebuilder also makes a bunch of static > product pages > - one for each product - in the hopes that at least some of them might get > indexed by > one or more Search engine so that will drive traffic/attention to the store > via a > specific product page..Yes, it does generate a page for each product.StoreBuilder generated the following page for a product I named Test Product1. StoreBuilder assigned the SKU of 2. The page is named 2.html and is in a folder named staticpages.--------------------------------------------------------- Previous Product
---------------------------------------------------------I can't see why it's using an image, though. Whatever.Making one page per item in a large store could make the files pretty darned big, but if we gotta do that to get the bots to find our stuff, then we gotta. That could be a lotta pages and a lotta work for some sites with a lotta products and a webmaster who does all this by hand. Does carpel tunnel sound familiar?The meta tags would still be necessary to keep the false orders from being placed as long as the Add To Cart link is included, but I'd hate for someone to enter a site from one of these pages found in a search engine.The NOFOLLOW meta tag would keep the false orders from being created, but the NOINDEX tag will keep the bots from even using the page. So, do we use the NOFOLLOW meta tag and a redirect? Will a redirect foul up the purpose of the Previous Product or Next Product links?Glenn ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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