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 = 48666
interpreted = N
texte = Why not pass the [cart] value, etc. to this/these page(s) as well and let any humans daring enough to explore, go there, and then make the link *clearly* visible as a 'sitemap' link? Methinks Googlebot would eat it up...-DanOn Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:21:56 -0600 Dennis J. Bonsall, Jr.
wrote: >> 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/------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Why not pass the [cart] value, etc. to this/these page(s) as well and let any humans daring enough to explore, go there, and then make the link *clearly* visible as a 'sitemap' link? Methinks Googlebot would eat it up...-DanOn Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:21:56 -0600 Dennis J. Bonsall, Jr. wrote: >> 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/------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com (208) 319-0137 | Toll-free p/f 877-561-1656 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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