View Full Version : A quotation from a book, are they true ?
diG1tY
01-23-2008, 02:07 PM
The book is Google hacks,3rd edition by O'Reilly. The quuotes are very interesting :
"The simpler your site design, the better. As a rule, text content should outweigh HTML content. The pages should be validated and usable in everything from Lynx to leading browsers. In other words, keep it close to HTML 3.2 if you can. Spiders do not yet like eating HTML 4.0 and the mess that it can bring. Stay away from heavy Flash, Java, or JavaScript."
Also is pure HTML better than PHP/ASP/ASP.NET ? Will they bring problems do the search engines?
Also does it make any difference is the page will end in .htm(l) or .php/.apsx?
AussieWebmaster
01-23-2008, 06:32 PM
page endings make no differences - well unless it is something bizarre.
Valid pages are valid pages regardless of the code on them
PHP, ASP and ASP.NET all "dynamically" produce HTML but, some would say that "static" HTML pages (by default ending in .html) are more efficient for engines to crawl and therefore perhaps slightly more favored by engines.
Post the page number and I'll have another look to be certain about this reference. Keep in mind Google Hacks 3rd ed is nearly 2 years old and that a lot has changed in that period of time.
jewboy
01-23-2008, 11:13 PM
"The simpler your site design, the better. As a rule, text content should outweigh HTML content. The pages should be validated and usable in everything from Lynx to leading browsers. In other words, keep it close to HTML 3.2 if you can. Spiders do not yet like eating HTML 4.0 and the mess that it can bring. Stay away from heavy Flash, Java, or JavaScript."
don't think it matters much for seo anymore but there are good non reasons to apply some of those suggestions
AussieWebmaster
01-24-2008, 01:31 AM
I hope you got sunburned today mate.... Avi aka Jewboy is posting from the Bahamas this week
I hope you got sunburned today mate.... Avi aka Jewboy is posting from the Bahamas this week
Geeeez, someone should block his IP! :)
tshears
01-30-2008, 01:08 PM
Well, as outdated as the book may be, it's still giving you the same idea thats true today.
W3 valid pages are preferred by the crawlers no matter what language they are in. Javascript can make a mess of things but if used correctly it's fine.
Page endings don't matter, unless as stated earlier, it's some bizarre ending.