Posted by Chaddy2222 on 01/18/07 12:51

aa wrote:
> "David Dorward" <dorward@gmail.com>
> > > Javascript?
> > Running on the client? Very bad idea. It becomes invisible to anyone
> > without JS enabled, including search engine indexing bots.
>
> 1. The author is talking about navigation, header, footer do not need to be

> scanned by Search Engines.
Umm well they do, *unless you don't mind loseing customers (or sales
for that matter).


>I appreciate that navigation, header, footer can
> be loaded with keywords, but it is considered a dirty trick
>
Well, they can't and the keywords Meta Tag has nothing to do with what
where talking about!.

> 2. What is the percentage of non-JS visitors? Are you saying that JS
> should not be used at all?
Yes, where items such as navigation are concerned anyway.
Nor should Flash be used, (for such things), for similar reasons.
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Regards Chad. http://freewebdesign.cjb.cc

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