Layers & Search Engines

I've set up a simple page that uses the 'Set Text of Layer' Behavior. I have
one layer and several buttons, each with its own 'Set Text of Layer' command
attached. Are search engines able to search through the html code that each
button loads into the layer? Thanks. j

Yes



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I've set up a simple page that uses the 'Set Text of Layer' Behavior. I
have
one layer and several buttons, each with its own 'Set Text of Layer'
command
attached. Are search engines able to search through the html code that
each
button loads into the layer? Thanks. j

I've set up a simple page that uses the 'Set Text of Layer' Behavior. I
have
one layer and several buttons, each with its own 'Set Text of Layer'
command
attached. Are search engines able to search through the html code that
each
button loads into the layer? Thanks. j

Depends...if your content is stored in javascript strings, It's doubtful the
search engine will be able to pull that out in any clean way.

If it's merely a bunch of layers that are being hidden and shown via
javascript, then the robot should be able to read the content just fine.

-Darrel

Depends...if your content is stored in javascript strings, It's doubtful
the
search engine will be able to pull that out in any clean way.

It's not. Set Text of Layer embeds server encoded HTML strings on the body
of the page.

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"darrel" <notreal (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

I've set up a simple page that uses the 'Set Text of Layer' Behavior. I
have
one layer and several buttons, each with its own 'Set Text of Layer'
command
attached. Are search engines able to search through the html code that
each
button loads into the layer? Thanks. j

Depends...if your content is stored in javascript strings, It's doubtful
the
search engine will be able to pull that out in any clean way.

If it's merely a bunch of layers that are being hidden and shown via
javascript, then the robot should be able to read the content just fine.

-Darrel

It's not. Set Text of Layer embeds server encoded HTML strings on the
body
of the page.

What is a 'server encoded HTML string'?

-Darrel

Try it - you will see....

http://www.murraytestsite.com/showtextoflayer.htm

Look at the code.

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"darrel" <notreal (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

It's not. Set Text of Layer embeds server encoded HTML strings on the
body
of the page.

What is a 'server encoded HTML string'?

-Darrel

director boy wrote:

I've set up a simple page that uses the 'Set Text of Layer' Behavior. I have
one layer and several buttons, each with its own 'Set Text of Layer' command
attached. Are search engines able to search through the html code that each
button loads into the layer? Thanks. j

Using the SetTextOfLayer behavior puts the text into a JavaScript string
that search engines cannot see. Even if they could, a person following a
link to that page would, very likely, not see what it was because it was
not showing, so they would leave the site and go back to their search
results looking for a site that actually showed them what they searched
for. I would suggest you abandon this idea.


Gary

Ugh - you are exactly right. Apologies to those I may have mislead with my
earlier comments.

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"Gary White" <reply (AT) newsgroup (DOT) please> wrote

director boy wrote:

I've set up a simple page that uses the 'Set Text of Layer' Behavior. I
have
one layer and several buttons, each with its own 'Set Text of Layer'
command
attached. Are search engines able to search through the html code that
each
button loads into the layer? Thanks. j


Using the SetTextOfLayer behavior puts the text into a JavaScript string
that search engines cannot see. Even if they could, a person following a
link to that page would, very likely, not see what it was because it was
not showing, so they would leave the site and go back to their search
results looking for a site that actually showed them what they searched
for. I would suggest you abandon this idea.


Gary

Try it - you will see....

http://www.murraytestsite.com/showtextoflayer.htm

Look at the code.

It looks like it's storing the pertinent layer information in a string
within a javascript function. The search engine may see it, but it's going
to be intertwined with the javascritpt code...which may or may not be a
detriment.

Personally, if the content needs javascript to access it, I'd consider that
a potential issue for the search engine.

-Darrel

Ugh - you are exactly right. Apologies to those I may have mislead with
my
earlier comments.

Oh...then ignore my other comment. ;o)

-Darrel