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Google and revisit-after meta tag

is it possible to be visited only once a year?

         

tomasz

1:43 pm on Oct 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Hi,

I have over 100k static pages with unique content on my site. This content does not change at all.
I want to Google to revisit my pages only once a year, want to save bandwith.
Will they do that if use following tag?

<meta name="revisit-after" content="360 days">

Robert Charlton

6:54 pm on Oct 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Kind of a switch from the revisit-after 2 days approach most people wish for. I've never heard of this tag being observed, one way or the other, but I don't really know.

I would argue this, though... that I can't imagine that an engine would consent to indexing you as submitted and then to ignore any possible changes you might make for a year. Apart from the spamming possibilities this would open, there's the issue of freshness, however honorable you might be about it.

Mohamed_E

8:17 pm on Oct 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



The frequency of spidering is an integral part of the Google algorithm, and I find it difficult to believe that they would allow your suggestions to override their own judgement.

kaled

9:23 pm on Oct 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Hasn't GG said something about an if-modified-since query (or something like that). Basically, if the server is configured correctly, Googlebot is supposed to check file dates before downloading. This should benefit Google as well as large sites.

Kaled.

killroy

9:59 pm on Oct 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Exactly, the If-Modified-Since header is designed for what you want, to save bandwith on infrequently changed pages. You should search WebmasterWorld for it, htere where detailed discussions before, and even a thread where GoogleGuy himself explained how it worked.

SN