I am trying to find a way to wrap only small parts of a page with a "no index" type of tag. ie we have many lists of dates and drop-down menus and the like.
My internal/site search engine uses <noindex> ... </noindex> comment tag which works perfectly, but I believe this is not universal with external search engines like Google etc.
Is there something that will do the trick?
encyclo
1:35 am on Apr 11, 2005 (gmt 0)
It would be a good thing if it existed, but there is no method (other than obfuscation) for excluding parts of a page from indexation. Methods you might want to employ (such as iframes from robots.txt-excluded directories, parts of the page written out in Javascript or use of an image to replace text) all come with significant usability and accessibility caveats.
obsos
1:51 am on Apr 11, 2005 (gmt 0)
Hmmm .... yes, it was our accessibility tech who posed the question.
