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Re: [ECS] Web page feedback Mark Gilmore Mon, 16 Aug 1999 08:19:05 -0700

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Hi Scott,
Thanks much for the info/offer
(I've already got a subcription with REGISTER-IT!).

Do you happen to know how search engines search
for quoted strings (e.g. "the cow jumped over") ?
I'm just curious. Seems like they would have to
manually search thru every page on the web.
Later...

Scott Reston wrote:
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> mark - different search engines are going to handle framesets differently, but most
of them are current enough to interpret them correctly. leaving in your
> keywords tag is a good idea. if you're interested, i've got a program that sends off
a request to about 150 different search engines to index a certain page. i can
> send off a request to index your pages for you...
> 
> scott reston
> ih8gates@concentric.net
> http://www.indelible-blue.com/meetib/scott/
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> On Fri, 13 Aug 1999 17:48:10 -0700, Mark Gilmore wrote:
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> >Also, does anyone know if search engines intelligently
> >handle submissions of pages with only FRAMESET defs ?
> >E.G., do they search thru all local .HTM files referenced
> >by the main page ? Note that I DID keep my KEYWORDS command
> >in the main page. Tanx.

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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://www.usit.com/omnip
omnip@usit.net
423-745-0026

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