- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@iinet.net.au>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 12:58:10 +1100
- To: Trejkaz <trejkaz@trypticon.org>
- CC: www-html@w3.org
Trejkaz wrote: > On Sunday 23 January 2005 12:11, you wrote: > >>Trejkaz wrote: >> >>>The web server _knows_ that it's Googlebot requesting the >>>page. Couldn't the web application simply omit the entire comment >>>section? >> >>You, like Google, seem to be forgetting that a lot of legitimate and >>valuable discussion takes place within blog comments. Marking comments >>off in a way that tells a search engine to ignore the content or >>omitting them entirely is essentially denying their existence. > > RTFA. It does not involve ignoring the contents of the comment. If, by "it", you're referring to the Google's nofollow relationship then you are correct. However, I was referring to your suggestion: "Couldn't the web application simply omit the entire comment section?" That is effectively the same as instructing a search engine to ignore an entire section, such as the contents of a comment, which would deny the ability to search within them. -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/ http://GetFirefox.com/ Rediscover the Web http://SpreadFirefox.com/ Igniting the Web
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