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size=2>Duplicate your navigation inside <NOSCRIPT></NOSCRIPT>
at the bottom of your include.js file. Then every page that includes it
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> josh@umwow.com
[mailto:josh@umwow.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 22, 2002 11:06
AM<BR><B>To:</B> javascript@latech.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Javascript] How can
search engines see a js include for
navigation?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Hello,<BR><BR>New to the list. My first post.
Hi.<BR><BR>I'm building a site where I would like to use an include for my
navigation. I know how to do it but read about a caveat on this
page:<BR><BR>http://javascript.about.com/library/weekly/aa102901a.htm<BR><BR>"<FONT
size=4><B>Caveats<BR></B></FONT><FONT size=5><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT size=4>There are a couple of
potential downsides to using this technique. First, search engines do
not process JavaScript, so any content written by your scripts will not be
indexed by a search engine. This can be a problem if you are using the
include file as your main way of providing site navigation. Unless you
provide another way for the search engine to see your links, such as using the
<I><noscript></I> tag, the search engine will not follow your JavaScript
generated links to subsequent pages."<BR><BR>Using the <noscript> tag
seems to defeat the purpose of an include because you'd have to put it on
every page. So, how can I put my navigation in an include that is still
searchable? Another way in Javascript? SSI? <BR><BR>Links to resources for the
solution are appreciated.<BR><BR>- Josh Draper</FONT>
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