Does server side includes(SSI ) cause problem for search engine optimization? - Seo tip feb 26 saturday 2005
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Server side includes are widely used these days in web design, Lots of forums, large template based sites etc use Server side includes for better editing of certain pages, Many people have doubt whether Server side includes AKA SSI cause any problem for search engine crawlers, From our extensive experience NO, server side coding are done server side, what ever is parsed to the browser only matters, Lots of search engine crawlers like googlebot ( google's crawler ) , yahoo slurp ( yahoo's crawler ) , MSNbot ( MSN's crawler) are sophisticated enough to parse good html from complex server side coding, All these crawlers read clear html and they dont have any problem with server side includes,
Very important thing is the SSI code should be properly tested, if they are not tested properly server might not understand the coding and cannot parse proper html and sometimes important server side coding will be revealed to the browser,
it is very important only good clean code is delivered to the browsers, Revealing server side coding of a site might reveal important sql coding which might result in an attack on the server,
SSI code is never a problem these days for top search engine crawlers, For search engine optimization and search engine promotion purposes SSI is not an hindrance, SSI helps in editing large sites easily, We recommend using server side includes in your coding since it will be easy for you to add links especially template based sites like blogs, forums, message boards, large news sites etc,
SEO Blog Team,
Very important thing is the SSI code should be properly tested, if they are not tested properly server might not understand the coding and cannot parse proper html and sometimes important server side coding will be revealed to the browser,
it is very important only good clean code is delivered to the browsers, Revealing server side coding of a site might reveal important sql coding which might result in an attack on the server,
SSI code is never a problem these days for top search engine crawlers, For search engine optimization and search engine promotion purposes SSI is not an hindrance, SSI helps in editing large sites easily, We recommend using server side includes in your coding since it will be easy for you to add links especially template based sites like blogs, forums, message boards, large news sites etc,
SEO Blog Team,
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If I am inserting a header into a number of webpages using SSI, then which page do I put my meta content in?? I would like it to be optimized for search engines, but I'm not sure how it will read. Do I put the meta data into the header, or the shtml page??
Cant understand what you mean exactly, if you are adding in the header as a SSI code then its fine, If its an Shtml page you can just fetch the meta and title information dynamically,
Right now, I have a page, and at the top, before any of the content of that page, I'm including the header using SSI.
Do I put the meta data in the header, or within that page?
Or is it possible to put meta data in both pages, and if so, how do search engines react to that?
I'm sorry if I don't make sense, I'm new at this! I really appreciate your feedback. Thank you very much!!
Right now, I have a page, and at the top, before any of the content of that page, I'm including the header using SSI.
Do I put the meta data in the header, or within that page?
Or is it possible to put meta data in both pages, and if so, how do search engines react to that?
I'm sorry if I don't make sense, I'm new at this! I really appreciate your feedback. Thank you very much!!
You would put the meta data in the header with SSI, although unless your pages are identical it might be better to attach individual meta tags. If you're working with a content management system you could make your life easier by using variables to autopublish SEO sound meta tags. But to answer your question, it'd all be in the header.
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