what makes a site spiderable?

[hokiss]

i want to ask what makes a site spiderable?

[jeremy goodrich]

If a search engine can reach the domain in question & parse the contents.

[Symbios]

Links from other sites will let the spiders in.

A good linking structure on your site will let the arachnids explore further.

[hokiss]

well i have a site writen in asp mssql it use to get all site info but now the spiders arent getting the web sites that are listed
why?

[agerhart]

hokiss,

Does your website use session IDs?
Do your URLs have numerous special characters within them, such as &,?, etc?

[hokiss]

yes it has and ive send you message

[shasan]

Hi all,
I'm new to this board and the whole SEO thing. Wondering if someone can help me out. I have a related question:

a partner site wants to link to me using a javascript popup. Would the spider see the URL within javascript:popup('http://www.mysite.com') as a reference?

Thanks.
Sameer.

[thewebboy]

I have finished setting up my little search engine and I come across a few things that hold on my little bot. Here are a few of the problems:

1) blocking because of user-agent string
2) blocking for not having javascripts installed
3) Cookies required
4) Meta tag refreshes instead of 302's