Yes I was thinking this might be the case... Problem being a SEO company has convinced the client that this is necessary and the lists already exist as component urls.... So I was just trying to load the next and previous to link tags so that it satisfied the requirement...
I'll have to keep on searching... I have managed to convert the whole site to a great SEO structure though for urls in general... It's just this last results page!!! Sent from my iPad > On 24 Oct 2014, at 19:39, Ramsey Gurley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Gino, > > A naive approach might be to try something like > > <link rel=‘next’ href=‘<webobject name=“Next”/>’ /> > > Next: WOActionUrl { > action = displayGroup.displayNextBatch; > } > > But you will quickly discover that this doesn’t work. The url’s are dynamic > and the spider will simply load list pages till the cows come home or it hits > some preset limit. The urls won’t work later because, they are dynamic, and > the search engine will notice that too. > > What you need is a way to represent your next/previous pages as a direct > action, which can actually be impossible in some instances. > > Component actions are stateful and uses stateful urls. SEO wants stateless > static urls. You might be able to pull off a direct action url for a simple > list, but if you want to make a direct action to handle a list with nested > lists which themselves have nested lists, as WO will let you easily do with > components, you will very quickly run out of room for sort orderings, > indexes, qualifiers, and list IDs in your direct action url. URLs are capped > at ~2000 chars in some browsers and search engines, so there just isn’t room > to represent all that state. > > Anyway, you can do it, but only in a limited way, and it’s basically going to > be a one-off custom solution for your particular situation. > > Personally, I wouldn’t bother unless absolutely certain it would have a > significant and measurable impact on page rank. > > Ramsey > >> On Oct 24, 2014, at 10:45 AM, Gino Pacitti <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi there… >> >> Could anyone help me understand how to extract the next batch and previous >> batch URLs from a WODisplayGroup instance? >> >> Any help or pointing in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Gino >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/rgurley%40smarthealth.com >> >> This email sent to [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/ginokris%40me.com > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
