[thelist] SSI and search engines

[Ben Phillips]

> So, this source is saying that, for example, <!--#include
> file="footer.inc" --> would not be spidered because of the
> Comment tags. This is the opposite of information I've seen for
> months on this list (and others) re SSI's (or for that matter
> include files used in FrontPage).

A Server Side Include is processed *before* being sent out to the client.

<!--#include file="footer.inc" --> is only seen in the source code. When it
reaches the browser (or spider) it has been replaced with the contents of
footer.inc. Therefore, the <!-- and --> (ie. the commented bit) is not seen
and the include is not commented out.

Benji.
inchima.com