Recently added javascript on my site (securitysaint.com)
Does this bother seach engines? I used it for a "add to favorites image" someone told me it could hurt the site in organic rankings?
Many have told me flash or a video is the WORST thing I could put on home page? Any info.????
2006-12-30 19:09:44 · 4 answers · asked by The Saint 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
"Does this bother seach engines?"
No. Search engines will ignore javascript, flash, images, and other such things. They scan through HTML code only.
"Many have told me flash or a video is the WORST thing I could put on home page?"
Depends on the context they told you that.
Their advice really should have been:
- Don't have your website rely on a) javascript b) flash or c) images. There's a simple reason, search engines ignore all of that, and scan through text. So if your website relies on something that can and will be ignored, your website isn't searchable.
- Sticking giant flash intros or videos turns people away. It looks cool to *you*, but honestly, unless you're a 5-year old, you'll just slam the back button and go to another site. It's really easy to go back and google, so if you can't get a site loading in a few seconds, you might as well say good bye.
2006-12-31 02:33:49 · answer #1 · answered by csanon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see why it would be bad to had such a little script as adding to favorite. Even though it may not work on some browser not supporting javascript or if the user if blocking it but the link on your site is tiny at the bottom of the page so it looks fine to me.
The only way flash could hurt your webpage is if its very big and long to load with loud sound and all.. many website use flash and some are even completely made in flash.
Video could hurt if they're too big and if they are embedded. Links to a video file cannot hurt unless its too long to load. then people might not wait for it.
2006-12-30 20:35:37 · answer #2 · answered by Juhanah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you put your javascript in the html DIRECTLY it can confuse the search engines!
But putting it in a separate file will be ignored by the search engines.
Make sure the guts of the page are toward the top of the
2006-12-31 07:42:04 · answer #3 · answered by jake cigar™ is retired 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't think so, one site i started on maintaining is scripted to death and it ranks usually 3rd on the search engines
2006-12-31 01:39:59 · answer #4 · answered by merlineaton 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋