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sub · 06-02-2006, 06:03

Would Javascript, Flash and browser redirection be classified as search engine spamming? ie Alternative content being used if any of these critea are met or Javascript fails?

stickmus · 06-02-2006, 10:29

Search engines don't do javascript do they?

sub · 06-02-2006, 11:05

As far as I know they don't, but if I use alternative content on the page where the Javascript redirection resides is this classed as SE spamming?

Stickman · 06-02-2006, 11:11

I think so.

You should read cam's bmw thread.

sub · 06-02-2006, 11:18

Hmmm. Bugger.
So any kind of user detection script is essentially spamming if content is supplied for non-javascript enabled browsers?

cam · 06-02-2006, 12:27

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Originally Posted by subcircle

Hmmm. Bugger.
So any kind of user detection script is essentially spamming if content is supplied for non-javascript enabled browsers?

Only if you're supplying blatant doorway page spam like bmw were. The redirect isn't the problem, it's the fact they were supplying different (useless, keyword heavy) content to SE spiders than they were to real visitors.

pgo · 07-02-2006, 00:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by cam

Only if you're supplying blatant doorway page spam like bmw were. The redirect isn't the problem, it's the fact they were supplying different (useless, keyword heavy) content to SE spiders than they were to real visitors.

I.e. spiders got one set of content, users got another - thereby misleading the spiders and incurring The Wrath of Google (patent pending).

sub · 07-02-2006, 05:38

Cheers all. Thanks for the advise

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06-02-2006, 10:29	#2 (permalink)
stickmus hmmm... Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Yorkuk Posts: 2,127	Search engines don't do javascript do they?

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sub Shitcasket™ Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 4,860	As far as I know they don't, but if I use alternative content on the page where the Javascript redirection resides is this classed as SE spamming?

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Stickman Dr. Lucien Sanchez Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 5,572	I think so. You should read cam's bmw thread.

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sub Shitcasket™ Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 4,860	Hmmm. Bugger. So any kind of user detection script is essentially spamming if content is supplied for non-javascript enabled browsers?

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sub Shitcasket™ Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 4,860	Cheers all. Thanks for the advise

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