<span> blocks spiders?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by sarahk, Oct 13, 2004.

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<span> blocks spiders?

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    I'm on an email technical list and one of the discussions recommended using span. Another member came back saying ...


    This was news to me - and span is awfully useful when using CSS properly.

    How true is it?
     
    sarahk, Oct 13, 2004 IP
  2. mopacfan

    mopacfan Peon

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    I've never had a problem with a div or a span causing any SE problems.
     
    mopacfan, Oct 13, 2004 IP
  3. hightide13

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    #3
    me either.
     
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  4. flawebworks

    flawebworks Tech Services

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  5. nadlay

    nadlay Guest

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    I don't know about the navigation issue, but I have text within a <Span> which is indexed in Google.
     
    nadlay, Oct 13, 2004 IP
  6. dazzlindonna

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    I use span a lot and have never seen a problem arise from its use.
     
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  7. dfsweb

    dfsweb Active Member

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    #7
    I use <span> quite a bit and I've never had a problem with content/pages not being spidered either. :)
     
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  8. chachi

    chachi The other Jason

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    I too have <span> tags on sites that are indexed in google and visible in the cached pages.
     
    chachi, Oct 13, 2004 IP
  9. skattabrain

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    #9
    saying span gets blocked is like saying div gets blocked. nonsense.

    i even have text inside of span tags where the objects inside are hidden until the menu gets expanded via javascript.

    matter of fact... use CSS to it's fullest and the engines like your conent more! especially the new MSN.

    check out the faq's at the bottom of this page - http://www.globalcellularrental.com/
     
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  10. SEbasic

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    #10
    What a load of rubbish.

    Of course <span> works.

    I doubt the W3C would reccomend using it otherwise.
     
    SEbasic, Oct 14, 2004 IP
  11. aenigma

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    <span> is a normal standard TAG so why spider should not look at it?
     
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    Maybe the person is confused with the <spam> tag? :)
     
    xml, Oct 14, 2004 IP
  13. eduardomaio

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    #13
    LOL! Some websites should use it instead of the <html> tags... Something like:

    <spam>
<spam head>
<spam title>KEYWORD KEYWORD KEYWORD</spam title>
</spam head>
<spam body>
This is a website about spam spammy keywords to generate AdSense ads.
Keyword, keyword, keyword, keyword, keyword.
Keyword, keyword, keyword, keyword, keyword.
<adsense>ADS</adsense>
</spam body>
</spam>
    Code (markup):
    Ok, I know, I don't have nothing better to do...

    Back to the topic... It does not block spiders, it's just HTML, pure and simple.
     
    eduardomaio, Oct 14, 2004 IP
  14. Redleg

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    My forum is full of <span> tags, both around text and links, and google have indexed around 30,000 pages from it, so googlebot have no problems at all with <span>.. :)
     
    Redleg, Oct 14, 2004 IP