Potential Design/Set Up Problems Archive

  • Search engines can’t follow links that are within Javascript, so your site will not get spidered unless you also have some form standard HTML hyperlinks that they can follow. You...

    Sites That Use Javascript for Navigation

    Search engines can’t follow links that are within Javascript, so your site will not get spidered unless you also have some form standard HTML hyperlinks that they can follow. You...

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  • Due to the code that makes up an image map search engines often get trapped in them and can’t spider your site. If you use image maps for your main...

    Sites That Use Image Maps for Navigation

    Due to the code that makes up an image map search engines often get trapped in them and can’t spider your site. If you use image maps for your main...

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  • Flash itself is not the problem. The problem is how it is used. The 2 largest problems with how Flash is used are: 1. Flash is often used on home...

    Sites That Use Flash

    Flash itself is not the problem. The problem is how it is used. The 2 largest problems with how Flash is used are: 1. Flash is often used on home...

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  • Most search engines cannot or will not list any dynamic URLs. Dynamic URLs are most commonly used on database driven sites, or sites that are running scripts. They commonly look...

    Sites That Use Dynamic URLs

    Most search engines cannot or will not list any dynamic URLs. Dynamic URLs are most commonly used on database driven sites, or sites that are running scripts. They commonly look...

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  • If your site uses frames, you’ve got problems – as far as the search engines are concerned anyway! The problem is that search engines do not index framed sites very...

    Optimizing Frames

    If your site uses frames, you’ve got problems – as far as the search engines are concerned anyway! The problem is that search engines do not index framed sites very...

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