Sub web - will a search engine see the sub web

[gecko001]

Hi all,
Will a search engine pick up on content that is in a sub web?.
The site i am working on at the moment has so much material i would like to break it into 4 different subwebs to make it easier to navigate but will i forego search engine capability.
Thanks

[Marcia]

subweb sounds like a term that's used by some kind of software. Are you referring to subdirectories on a site? Those get indexed as long as there are regular spiderable links to them so they can be found.

[gecko001]

Thanks Marcia,
(yes vaugue question on my part)
What i was really trying to say is....
I am using frontpage2000 and it gives you the option to change a folder to a "subweb" This appears to have all the directory attributes of a normal website ie. index page etc.

I have experimented with it and its a great way to break content into catagories.

But will a search engine get down through the whol lot?
all help appreciated
Paul

[ritualcoffee]

if cross linked the spider should get through it okay. keep the directory architecture as shallow as possible but sub directories are good to go - maybe name those if possible keywords.

Tip: if you create your site in frontpage, remember to validate and clean out extraneous code!

[gecko001]

Thank you guys appreciate the help.
Now about that code that frontpage creates what are the main errors it creates? What do you look for.
I have been trying to find out about this with not a lot of success
thanks Paul

[Hardwood Guy]

Gecko:

I use FP 2002 and it works fine in Netscape and IE. Many don't like discussing Front Page because they think it's a piece of you know what. The biggest gripe by many is code bloat(adds 20-30% unneeded html from what I've learned), which I understand, and will work on it when I get more familiar with html itself.

From what I'm hearing validation isn't important at the present time, but likely in the future. It's a good idea to check FP in both major browsers to see what it looks like. I've noticed only a few small eyesores that were easy to fix. The way I look at it Netcsape and IE account for 96% of my traffic and Mozilla and Safari starting to show up. I don't know much about any of those critters...have to look into it.

Still a newbie..and learning. Btw, I've heard of a program that cuts down code bloat for FP, but I haven't looked into it. I'm doing pretty darned good with FP and my site..and thanks to this great site. Traffic has doubled in six weeks from about 2300 visitors weekly.

[brotherhood of LAN]

>"subweb" This appears to have all the directory attributes of a normal website

Yep, as far as anyones concerned its another folder, but having it as a seperate "web" is perhaps easier to maintain on your side.

[ritualcoffee]

Validation is extremely important. Unless of course you don't mind your site tanking in certain browsers.

[gecko001]

OK i have tried the validation tool from WW and find i can't understand what it is saying is wrong. Does anybody know where i can find out more?
Also frontpage does not put in doc type in the top of the page where would i find out about this?

[Hardwood Guy]

Gecko:

When you find out let me know. You could try a Front Page forum that I know of. Sticky and I'll send you the link.