europeforvisitors - 11:14 pm on Jan 2, 2006 (gmt 0)

How do search engine spiders handle the information in the include? Do they read the included text as if it is part of each page or can they not 'see' it?

To a search engine or a user, the page is like any other page. The SE or user has no way of knowing how the page was put together behind the scenes.