BASE html tag and google

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BASE html tag and google

Does google process them?

mooseday

1:46 am on Apr 4, 2003 (gmt 0)

Hi,

Does anyone know if Google takes any notice of the <BASE> tag on a page when its doing its funky thang and calculating local links on a page?

Thanks

andreasfriedrich

2:00 am on Apr 4, 2003 (gmt 0)

Welcome to WebmasterWorld [webmasterworld.com] mooseday.

I´d suggest reading Marcia`s WebmasterWorld Welcome and Guide to the Basics [webmasterworld.com] post which contains a lot of useful information.

The BASE [w3.org] element has been part of the HTM language since version 1 (See RFC1866 - Hypertext Markup Language - 2.0 [faqs.org] 5.2.2. Base Address: BASE [w3.org]). Since Googlebot is a conforming user agent it must use the URI given in the BASE [w3.org] element when it resolves relative URIs. I have been using it for years and never had any problems with it.

Andreas

mooseday

2:07 am on Apr 4, 2003 (gmt 0)

... NOW I find lots of other posts on the subject as I look for my message( BASE html tag and google didn't find it - BASE HTML did ) .... doh!

Thanks for the help. Exactly what I was after.