Hallo,<br />
<br />
If i use special characters in the document title like this: <br />
ł<br />
<br />
This will show up a ?in the window title.<br />
<br />
So far so good...<br />
<br />
How is it handled by spider's of a search engine? Does the spider know what kind of charachter ł is?<!--content-->Read this thread (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum8/287.htm">http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum8/287.htm</a><!-- m -->) and it's associated forum Keyword discussion (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum8/page16.htm">http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum8/page16.htm</a><!-- m -->)<!--content-->Hallo Fang,<br />
<br />
This thread is a little bit more fun...<br />
<br />
If i check the special characters in Mozilla my source is OK.<br />
<br />
So how should read the spider the special character?<br />
<br />
I know already that it is recommended to put both cases into the meta like "Munchen" and "M榛眂hen". Because the german should type ?because its on the keyboard and the international should use the u.<!--content-->All spider are different; some pickup the META content, others the contents, etc.<br />
If you use "a ?quot; it is probably useful to add a discription "a cubed" in META tags<br />
and in the text <acronym> or <abbr> tag.<br />
You can't please all the spiders all the time!<!--content-->Hoi Fang,<br />
<br />
Is there information available how google and inktomi understand this kind of characters? (never see information like this)<br />
<br />
PS. Ben je niet aan het douwtrappen?
<!--content-->From Google (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.htm">http://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.htm</a><!-- m -->);<br />
Use a text browser such as Lynx to examine your site, because most search engine spiders see your site much as Lynx would.<br />
Also:<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/index.php">http://searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/index.php</a><!-- m --><br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://spider-food.net/">http://spider-food.net/</a><!-- m --><!--content-->I installed Lynx but i'm to stupid to use it....
<br />
<br />
I checked some search engine simulators, this one looks like to give me the right information:<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.delorie.com/web/ses.cgi">http://www.delorie.com/web/ses.cgi</a><!-- m --><br />
If you like check the tool with this url:<br />
<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.bergtoys.com/languages/uk/english.php?lang=pl&sec_lang=PL">http://www.bergtoys.com/languages/uk/en ... ec_lang=PL</a><!-- m --><br />
<br />
while the page looks good in the browser window (also the source in mozilla looks OK) you will notice that the spec. characters are replaced with dummies.<br />
<br />
... en nu???<!--content-->the spec. characters are replaced with dummies. do you mean in the Lynx viewer (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html">http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html</a><!-- m -->), well those that do the spidering are not going to tell you exactly how a page is interpreted. All you can do is follow the guidelines(W3C) on when and where to use entities and the use of a language definition. This thread (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum18/244.htm">http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum18/244.htm</a><!-- m -->) gave a similar response.<!--content-->
<br />
If i use special characters in the document title like this: <br />
ł<br />
<br />
This will show up a ?in the window title.<br />
<br />
So far so good...<br />
<br />
How is it handled by spider's of a search engine? Does the spider know what kind of charachter ł is?<!--content-->Read this thread (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum8/287.htm">http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum8/287.htm</a><!-- m -->) and it's associated forum Keyword discussion (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum8/page16.htm">http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum8/page16.htm</a><!-- m -->)<!--content-->Hallo Fang,<br />
<br />
This thread is a little bit more fun...<br />
<br />
If i check the special characters in Mozilla my source is OK.<br />
<br />
So how should read the spider the special character?<br />
<br />
I know already that it is recommended to put both cases into the meta like "Munchen" and "M榛眂hen". Because the german should type ?because its on the keyboard and the international should use the u.<!--content-->All spider are different; some pickup the META content, others the contents, etc.<br />
If you use "a ?quot; it is probably useful to add a discription "a cubed" in META tags<br />
and in the text <acronym> or <abbr> tag.<br />
You can't please all the spiders all the time!<!--content-->Hoi Fang,<br />
<br />
Is there information available how google and inktomi understand this kind of characters? (never see information like this)<br />
<br />
PS. Ben je niet aan het douwtrappen?
<!--content-->From Google (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.htm">http://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.htm</a><!-- m -->);<br />Use a text browser such as Lynx to examine your site, because most search engine spiders see your site much as Lynx would.<br />
Also:<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/index.php">http://searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/index.php</a><!-- m --><br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://spider-food.net/">http://spider-food.net/</a><!-- m --><!--content-->I installed Lynx but i'm to stupid to use it....
<br /><br />
I checked some search engine simulators, this one looks like to give me the right information:<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.delorie.com/web/ses.cgi">http://www.delorie.com/web/ses.cgi</a><!-- m --><br />
If you like check the tool with this url:<br />
<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.bergtoys.com/languages/uk/english.php?lang=pl&sec_lang=PL">http://www.bergtoys.com/languages/uk/en ... ec_lang=PL</a><!-- m --><br />
<br />
while the page looks good in the browser window (also the source in mozilla looks OK) you will notice that the spec. characters are replaced with dummies.<br />
<br />
... en nu???<!--content-->the spec. characters are replaced with dummies. do you mean in the Lynx viewer (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html">http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html</a><!-- m -->), well those that do the spidering are not going to tell you exactly how a page is interpreted. All you can do is follow the guidelines(W3C) on when and where to use entities and the use of a language definition. This thread (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum18/244.htm">http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum18/244.htm</a><!-- m -->) gave a similar response.<!--content-->