spider question

Ssi

[ganderla]

I use SSI for a virtual include on my navigation, is the spider going to pick this up and follow the links? I do have a few links in the contest, but the main ones are on the navigation bar wich is a virtual include. Thank you

[deejay]

Short answer: yes.

Long answer: yes. the script is 'server side', so the include becomes part of the file before the file is served up to the spider/viewer.

[ganderla]

Why thank you, that reason I ask is that i get plenty of daily spiders but, from what i can tell from my logs, there are just hitting the home page. Say for instance, the altavista bot comes for one visit there are only one or two hits. I have no robots.txt file

[deejay]

The one page spider visit is very common - I wouldn't worry about it.

At least it means the spiders know about your site. They'll be back for more sooner or later.

[ganderla]

Thank you very much, I appreciate it.

[deejay]

:) You're welcome.