Re: How do I get Google to crawl a WebCat site?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 48665
interpreted = N
texte = > If you use Storebuilder, there is a products.db 'flattener' that will create static pages for each > product/page in your catalog, but I've never used it. >This is in essence what I have done myself. I have not used storebuilder, but wrote my own solution that created a static page for every item in the database. Then, to link it to the home page, I put a near-invisible link near the bottom of the home page. This is the link I want the search engines to follow. When I say near-invisible, my hope is not to spam search engines, but to keep regular users out of the area, simply because their cart will not be carried into that section of the site. If they click on the link it is no big deal, but if they experience spurious results like losing the contents of their cart, they have no one to blame but themselves for following a link consisting of merely a period. It had been a white 10x10 graphic, but I replaced it with a period. However, there is no way that the search engines could have known the image was white, as they never downloaded it, but I did not want to take any chances.Dennis ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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> If you use Storebuilder, there is a products.db 'flattener' that will create static pages for each > product/page in your catalog, but I've never used it. >This is in essence what I have done myself. I have not used storebuilder, but wrote my own solution that created a static page for every item in the database. Then, to link it to the home page, I put a near-invisible link near the bottom of the home page. This is the link I want the search engines to follow. When I say near-invisible, my hope is not to spam search engines, but to keep regular users out of the area, simply because their cart will not be carried into that section of the site. If they click on the link it is no big deal, but if they experience spurious results like losing the contents of their cart, they have no one to blame but themselves for following a link consisting of merely a period. It had been a white 10x10 graphic, but I replaced it with a period. However, there is no way that the search engines could have known the image was white, as they never downloaded it, but I did not want to take any chances.Dennis ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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