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Maybe I am nuts but I am sure there is a way to tag files or folders to tell GoogleBot that nothing has changed and therefore is saves on bandwidth and page requests.
Anyone care to tell me if I am nuts, where I can find information / threads on this or both?
Cheers
there is a thread on this started by GG asking
for 304 support.
after implementing it several months ago, i would
have to say that it definitely makes me nervous.
oh sorry ... search for 304 or if-modified
in this forum
Thats the one, now all I have to do is get it going :)
This post scares me a little. I have things working nicely, the last thing I want to do is foul up the site by showing a 304 to normal people.
Or is the following correct:
Google sends the request for IF modified since. If is has changed since the current date then the 200 is sent and page actually requested. And if has not changed the 304 is sent and the old cached pages is used. Most importantly and the bit that give me "the fear" no user is likely to be doing that as they will just request the page.
Or am I missing something?
Cheers
a client may be a proxy, a browser etc. you will
find that NS, IE and squid handle this properly.
they are just asking if it is ok to use their
cached copy. if you reply with a 304, they use
their cached copy. how do i know? it was observed
using a sniffer and standard clients under controlled
conditions in a lab setting.
the only client that i suspect is wobbly on this
is gbot itself.
search for "web caching tutorial", where you will
find a 304 tester.
