Does GoogleBot read Variable from include file

[Sinner_G]

The title tag of a page looks like this:

<title><%=PageTitle%></title>

The PageTitle part is defined in an include (virtual) file.

Now when I search in Google, the title of the page is its URL. Does that mean googlebot doesn't get the variable?

[Brett_Tabke]

It's whatever you see in the browser. Just look at the source code.

[bcc1234]

Go to that page and view the source. Google sees the same thing.

[Sinner_G]

Yes, I thought that would be it, but the title is in the source, so why isn't it in the search result?

[bcc1234]

Yes, I thought that would be it, but the title is in the source, so why isn't it in the search result?

Wait till the update is over for sure and then start guessing :)

[Brett_Tabke]

Because the brackets are there and unless they are transposed into &gt;/&lt; then it gets zapped.

This is why you should always validate your pages...

[nutsandbolts]

<title><%=PageTitle%></title>

Shouldn't that be

<title><%PageTitle%></title>

(drop the = sign)

It should work now when you build the pages...

[bcc1234]

Actually, <%= varName %> would be a valid jsp statement, unless he is using php - he is correct.

[savvy1]

Google does not go around your server reading files .. It browses your pages in (almost) the same way any other web browser does and so sees the .html source regardless of how it is generated on your rearend

[nutsandbolts]

Or unless he is using Links which is written in Perl... Sinner_G, what code are you using?

[Sinner_G]

That's ASP code. AFAIK it is correct.