[thelist] Site check: Staples.com

Anthony Ettinger apwebdesign at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 20 11:53:01 CDT 2005


Google can follow javascript links (at least some of
them), but that's no gaurantee all the other search
engines can as well.

--- Ken Schaefer <Ken at adOpenStatic.com> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thelist-
> > bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Ian Anderson
> > Subject: Re: [thelist] Site check: Staples.com
> > 
> > >The fact that I got a blank page. Thus, it's
> broken.
> > >
> > This discussion has been quite interesting, and in
> general I am in
> > agreement with Ken's position regarding pragmatic
> web design.
> > 
> > However, it cannot be argued that the code
> delivered as the staples
> > default page is acceptable practice;
> > 
> <snipped code>
> >
> > Note the empty anchor element, that could have
> linked to the real home
> > page, allowing search engines and users without
> JavaScript to enter the
> > site with one extra action.
> 
> That's a fair enough comment.
> 
> However Google seems to be able to index the
> Staples.com site anyway. A
> (very) quick glance through cached pages shows a
> number of pages recently
> cached from the new-look site. Similarly with MSN
> Search. So, at the very
> least, it appears the major search engines are able
> to get to the content
> somehow.
> 
> Cheers
> Ken
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Anthony Ettinger
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