Mediabot

[endomorph1]

Does mediabot spider a page the same as a normal spider does?

I have read that spiders have problems with .asp pages and tables. I have just tested the front page of my website and it says there are 11 words on the page! The page has over 300 words (but virtually all of them in tables).

I am having real problems with targetting on the front page of my site and support has come back with nothing yet.

I have seen on a couple of other sites -

<%
Dim spidercheck
Spidercheck = Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_USER_AGENT")
If Spidercheck = "Mediabot" Then
Server.Redirect("alternativepage.asp")
%>

to send Mediabot to an alternative page that has the same content, but no tables.

Is this correct / ethical?

[endomorph1]

Justy had a reply back from Support and they have now "fixed" the problem.

Mod please delete this post if you wish.