How to See a Page from Google's Point of View

Static HTML.

[ibpotter]

My site is on a hosted CMS. There is modul called “Search Optimize” where I can ad a title, metatag description and keywords. When you look at the source only the title is included – note the metatags.

I have contacted the host. They say the is a html “behind” the system generated from what I write in the admin, and that this is what Google sees.

I have tried several Spider Simulators – and all se what I se…

How am I to determine what is right? Do I just take their word for it – are there any tools that I can say – “Se, my metatags are not seen by Google”?

[ciml]

Perhaps you could use the Google cache to see what Google sees?

[ibpotter]

Thanks - already tried that. Shows what I se when entering the page.

The html pages get tiggered from the root - by a conceeled link. And how does that work in Google?

[ciml]

If Googlebot sees a link then it will normally follow it. If you're identified as hiding links at some point then expect to have your pages devalued or removed.

[Chris_D]

If its the site in your profile - I can see the metatags (description, keywords, abstract, robots etc).

[ibpotter]

It is not the page in my profile - it is <snip>
My problem is that <snip> should look diferent - but it does not - it has the same metatags - but in the admin I have set another title, description and keywords.

Can I post this with links?

[edited by: engine at 8:12 pm (utc) on Feb. 15, 2005]
[edit reason] No urls, thanks. See TOS [webmasterworld.com] [/edit]

[GerBot]

Can I post this with links?

no :)

[Wizard]

In my opinion, one of the best way to check how G sees your page, is to look _text_version_ of G cache.

If your meta tags are the same through all your pages, as you see them in HTML source of the page and in the source of G cache, it means that your host is wrong and there is something wrong with your CMS, and you risk loosing your position in G.

On content-rich pages the same meta tags don't matter, but I checked, that if a page has no text content (only graphics, like in pictures gallery), identical meta tags may turn duplicate content trigger on.

[indigojo]

Go to google and do a search for lynx viewer.

[ibpotter]

Sorry about including the link - just got carried away.

The Lynx viewer did the trick. Now I se what the have done.

Thank you all.