Re: Search Engines
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numero = 43840
interpreted = N
texte = 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.tplThen 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 filename such as:A href=/site/value-value-value.tplFor various functions and with control over the error page this can be usedto 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 goto an address such as:A href=topic.tpl?sku=62365t12492Where the sku was queried and shown on the screen.A href=62365t12492.tplWhere the error page is trapped and the file name is stripped of the .tpland the sku is queried, we can essentially take a forum with 20,000 entriesand turn it into what appears to be 20,000 pages.Now, once again, this can be a cumbersome process to get started but one youdo the possibilities for things like forums, stores, press releases, etc arequite numerous.Best of luckAlexBy adopting the concept ofAlex J McCombie New World MediaChief Information Officer Drawer 607800/724.8973 Fair Haven, NY 13064Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.comInterface 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/
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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.tplThen 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 filename such as:A href=/site/value-value-value.tplFor various functions and with control over the error page this can be usedto 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 goto an address such as:A href=topic.tpl?sku=62365t12492Where the sku was queried and shown on the screen.A href=62365t12492.tplWhere the error page is trapped and the file name is stripped of the .tpland the sku is queried, we can essentially take a forum with 20,000 entriesand turn it into what appears to be 20,000 pages.Now, once again, this can be a cumbersome process to get started but one youdo the possibilities for things like forums, stores, press releases, etc arequite numerous.Best of luckAlexBy adopting the concept ofAlex J McCombie New World MediaChief Information Officer Drawer 607800/724.8973 Fair Haven, NY 13064Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.comInterface 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/
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