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Googlebot tries to use a Javascript variable

         

jetteroheller

5:52 pm on May 4, 2009 (gmt 0)

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Just wondered about a list of error404

There is in each file something like

preload="index.jpg,other_page.jpg,../index.jpg";

Exactly the contence of this javascript string is found in my access log as error 404.

It seems Googlebot tries to check the contence of strings.

When the string looks like it could be an URL, Googlebot tries the string as it would be an URL

tedster

8:00 pm on May 4, 2009 (gmt 0)

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When the string looks like it could be an URL, Googlebot tries the string as it would be an URL

Yes, no matter where the character string appears, apparently. URL-hunger at Google is immense!

People often say that "Google doesn't understand javascript" but that's way too casual an understanding. For many years they've been looking at javascript as text and seeing what they can learn. They just don't execute javascript in an automated fashion.

jetteroheller

5:43 am on May 5, 2009 (gmt 0)

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URL-hunger at Google is immense

In this case, other discussion here from me, I do not understand, why years old unique content from my site is not indexed.

The holes in the indexing are so severe, I even think about to reinstate my onw self written local search engine instead of Google customized search.