Re: [OT] search engine Q

This WebDNA talk-list message is from

2001


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 38382
interpreted = N
texte = What is unclear from the docs is whether a spider will or will not see the text that is above the [redirect]. I'm not necessarily concerned if the spider can't follow the link. Should I be?Will Starck NovaDerm skin care science support@novaderm.com 800-378-1740----- Original Message ----- From: Kimberly Ingram To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [OT] search engine Q > YES!!! From the docs... > > Putting [REDIRECT http://www.smithmicro.com/] in your template will force > the remote browser to immediately 'jump' to the new location specified, > rather than displaying whatever is in the template. Any other text in the > template will be ignored. > > Let me repeat...ANY OTHER TEXT IN THE TEMPLATE WILL BE IGNORED. I tried it, > only to fail after three consecutive months of search engine > registration...only DMOZ and YAHOO! listed the site (by hand). > > I suppose all the spiders just passed over. I thought they may follow the > redirect, but apparently not. I re-registered the fourth month with some > minor changes for testing. The site registered within 2 weeks on most of > the sites that I had previous problems with. > > If you find a way around it (I usually use bridge pages anyway) let us > know!! > > Kim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: WebCatalog Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On > Behalf Of Will Starck > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 11:32 AM > To: WebCatalog Talk > Subject: [OT] search engine Q > > > Does anyone know if a [redirect] at the bottom of an index page will > negatively affect search engine rankings? > > Will Starck > NovaDerm > skin care science > support@novaderm.com > 800-378-1740 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [OT] search engine Q (Will Starck 2001)
  2. Re: [OT] search engine Q (Kimberly Ingram 2001)
  3. Re: [OT] search engine Q (Will Starck 2001)
  4. Re: [OT] search engine Q (Kimberly Ingram 2001)
  5. [OT] search engine Q (Will Starck 2001)
What is unclear from the docs is whether a spider will or will not see the text that is above the [redirect]. I'm not necessarily concerned if the spider can't follow the link. Should I be?Will Starck NovaDerm skin care science support@novaderm.com 800-378-1740----- Original Message ----- From: Kimberly Ingram To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [OT] search engine Q > YES!!! From the docs... > > Putting [REDIRECT http://www.smithmicro.com/] in your template will force > the remote browser to immediately 'jump' to the new location specified, > rather than displaying whatever is in the template. Any other text in the > template will be ignored. > > Let me repeat...ANY OTHER TEXT IN THE TEMPLATE WILL BE IGNORED. I tried it, > only to fail after three consecutive months of search engine > registration...only DMOZ and YAHOO! listed the site (by hand). > > I suppose all the spiders just passed over. I thought they may follow the > redirect, but apparently not. I re-registered the fourth month with some > minor changes for testing. The site registered within 2 weeks on most of > the sites that I had previous problems with. > > If you find a way around it (I usually use bridge pages anyway) let us > know!! > > Kim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: WebCatalog Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On > Behalf Of Will Starck > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 11:32 AM > To: WebCatalog Talk > Subject: [OT] search engine Q > > > Does anyone know if a [redirect] at the bottom of an index page will > negatively affect search engine rankings? > > Will Starck > NovaDerm > skin care science > support@novaderm.com > 800-378-1740 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ Will Starck

DOWNLOAD WEBDNA NOW!

Top Articles:

Talk List

The WebDNA community talk-list is the best place to get some help: several hundred extremely proficient programmers with an excellent knowledge of WebDNA and an excellent spirit will deliver all the tips and tricks you can imagine...

Related Readings:

Solve the Problem, get the code! (2001) Running 2 two WebCatalog.acgi's (1996) Updating a database once per day - An example (1998) Sense/Disallow HTML tags during $Append (1997) NT beta ReadMe missing (b12-b15) (1997) Another webcatalog site!! (1997) testing (2001) Search design (1997) process SSI (1998) Q: writefile and uploads. (1998) date tag not interpreted (2000) Download URL & access on the fly ? (1997) Poll using WebCat (1998) Physical Security for WebCatalog Directories (1997) Re:quit command on NT (1997) MacWEEK article help needed (1996) RE: incrementing a counter remotely? (1999) Banners (1997) Meet your competition (2000) paymethod=cc allows all zeros (1999)