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Filenames with spaces & search engines with SSI!

         

Kamal

12:02 am on Sep 10, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Hi,
I have 2 questions...can anyone help please?

1. If I use spaces in the filenames of html pages (e.g. 'How to do this and that.html') or in folder names; is there any possibility that this may cause any problems in some types of known browsers (non IE) or in the indexing of my pages on search engines?...or even on the hosting server itself?

2. I have an index.shtml page that contains several SSI files like <!--#include file=myfile.htm-->. When search engine robots come to crawl my pages, do they get the index.shtml page "as is", i.e. as if it was opened as a text file in notepad for example, or will they get the page after it gets parsed by the server as it can be seen in the browser?

Thank you.

bakedjake

12:05 am on Sep 10, 2003 (gmt 0)

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If I use spaces in the filenames

Don't do that. Use hyphens.

When search engine robots come to crawl my pages, do they get the index.shtml page "as is", i.e. as if it was opened as a text file in notepad for example, or will they get the page after it gets parsed by the server as it can be seen in the browser?

The robot will see the same thing the browser sees as far as HTML code goes. (To answer your question: After the server has parsed the code.)

Ryan8720

12:57 am on Sep 10, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Most FTP clients will automatically convert the spaces to %20 (the code for a space). However it is best to do it beforehand. EG: 'How%20to%20do%20this%20and%20that.html'

I prefer to use the _underscore_.
EG: 'How_to_do_this_and_that.html'

Kamal

8:13 am on Sep 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

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bakedjake & Ryan8720, thank you much for your help...