AJAX SEO
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- ukit
Anyone know the best practice for creating a live search like Krop and still having it crawlable by search engines? Dug up a couple links but wondered if anyone has built this kind of thing before.
- ephix0
possible option: google webtools + add xml sitemap
- Stugoo0
you need trooperbill
- Stugoo0
ask here : http://www.qbn.com/topics/592445…
- trooperbill0
just make sure that if javascript is turned off that the page refreshes to show the search results... operates the same way form validation does.
- hilchev0
noscript
- trooperbill0
if you mean the crawl of data then just make sure theres a link to a directory style list of jobs... i suggest duplicating results between a directory of job types and locations as both will target search terms.
- ukit0
Does Google follow a link that is just a Javascript function? i.e., Javascript called by an A tag to load AJAX? Or will they ignore that?
- Shaney0
some say Google now follows javascript links: http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/new-re…
Normally you'd provide duplicates in directory style pages as trooper bill says above and then block google from the javascript access with no follow (just to be certain) so you don't get duplicate content penalties.
You will hear conflicting views on Google accessing javascript. My own view is they can but with limited results (same as they make a mess of indexing Flash) so you are better off taking control of what they index.
- trooperbill0
@ukit, google does follow some javascript links however there may be some that it cant.
@shaney you wouldnt have duplicate content issues with a directory, just make sure the end vacancy page is the same target url.
and i agree, why hide a link behind javascript, whats the point in that?
- ukit0
The case I was thinking of was an AJAX based search based that also has pagination. Similar to the search on Gettyimages.com
You can see that they update the URL which allows you to make the back button work even though you are on the same page.
- Shaney0
same applies, just don't rely on Google picking up the javascript page updates for the pagination, have directory style pages for Google
- ukit0
Great, thanks guys. This sounds like a good solution, and the site is probably better off with that directory page anyway.