At 11:43 AM +0100 9/9/02, David Adams wrote: >I am now indexing more than 120 servers around Southampton University and >I've come across two (http://www.euborder.soton.ac.uk/ and >http://www.design.wsa.soton.ac.uk/) which were not being indexed because >their home pages contain Javascript which effectively does a redirect. > >Is there way that such sites can add links to help search engines without >affecting the way that ordinary browsers use the embedded Javascript?
The sites really should add a <noscript> tag populated with with text content that links to appropriate pages. This is what the HTML and XHTML specifications recommend. <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/scripts.html#h-18.3.1> <http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml2/mod-scripting.html> Adding a <noscript> block solves problems for search engine robots, people who don't enable JavaScript, odd browsers (like PDAs), and disability access browsers. It's just the right thing to do. As your temporary workaround, try giving ht://Dig a different page to start from, it doesn't have to be the home page. Avi -- Complete Guide to Search Engines for Web Sites and Intranets <http://www.searchtools.com> ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ htdig-general mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with a subject of unsubscribe FAQ: http://htdig.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html
