On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 at 22:56:12, jms1 wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
> >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tony Firshman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 9:51 AM >Subject: Re: [ql-users] Jan Jones Book > > >> On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 at 23:46:11, jms1 wrote: >> (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >> >> > >> >>From: "Tony Firshman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> <snip> <robots ignoring meta> >> >Somewwhere I read that these programs check to see whether the web page >> >contains the meta tags and if not ignores them. I could be years out of >date >> That sentence sounds worng. If they ignore the meta, then why bother to >> check at all? >> >Thanks Tony it was very badly worded. > >What I meant to say is that crawler checks to see if the contents of the >meta tags are in the body of the text. If it is not it ignores that meta tag >and does not add it to the list. Not as I understand it, and -certainly- not what Google do (see my example in previous email). Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@<surname>.co.uk http://www.firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm