agerhart
msg:859422 | 1:36 pm on Oct 23, 2001 (gmt 0) |
I think that the there are many exceptions to this rule...and the SE's realize this and only catch the hardcore spam cases.
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mivox
msg:859423 | 5:22 pm on Oct 23, 2001 (gmt 0) |
I've used white/light colored text in colored table cells many times (on pages with white backgrounds). Haven't seen any ill effects from it....
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bufferzone
msg:859424 | 6:27 pm on Oct 23, 2001 (gmt 0) |
If you want to be on the safe side, control your font color in CSS
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kapow
msg:859425 | 8:12 am on Oct 24, 2001 (gmt 0) |
From whats been said, it seems ok to use white on a blue table (where the page background is white). I'll give it a go. I am using CSS (external file) to control font colours. How does that make a difference, surely the SEs can read CSS as well as HTML?
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mivox
msg:859426 | 5:11 pm on Oct 24, 2001 (gmt 0) |
I've never heard of a spider that retrieves external CSS files. External javascript files seem safe too. You could also place all your CSS, JS, etc. in a separate directory, and block that directory in your robots.txt file... that would at least be insurance against the polite spiders.
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kapow
msg:859427 | 9:52 pm on Oct 24, 2001 (gmt 0) |
Spiders don't check .css files? Isn't that an open door for keyword spammers?
ie: Same colour text/background.
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ggrot
msg:859428 | 10:01 pm on Oct 24, 2001 (gmt 0) |
Kapow, all it takes is one email from a real person(read: competitor), and it doesn't matter what the spiders look at. I think I remember something a few months back about inktomi caught spidering an external javascript file, but it might have been a fluke.
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