Dear Andrew,
Google indexes PDFs.
Tom
On 7 Apr 2001, at 13:01, sayeth Andrew Dacey <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> On 4/7/01 10:25 AM, "Skip Williams" <skipwilliams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hanz,
> >
> > You might want to consider hosting the main site on one service, and all
> > the .PDF files somewhere else.
> >
> > We also might want to consider making the .PDF files password activated or
> > some other way to prevent spiders from crawling the site to pick up all
> > those attachments.
>
> If you're talking about search engine spiders, normally they are setup to
> not download anything that doesn't look like a web page. Usually this is
> done by excluding stuff based on the extension. So, when a search engine
> indexes the esif, it should pass over those .pdf files without downloading
> them.
>
> --
>
> Andrew "Frugal" Dacey,
> frugal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.tildefrugal.net/
>
>
>
> < This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
> < For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
> < Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
>
-----------------------------------(no spam please)
Tom Trottier, President <Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
http://abacurial.com ICQ:57647974
400 Slater St. Suite 415, Ottawa ON Canada K1R 7S7
+1 613 291-1168 fax:+1 613 594-5412 (877)247-8796
< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
|