NONE: Re: ONLINE-ADS>> Indexing Databases
Re: ONLINE-ADS>> Indexing Databases
Kenneth C. Jenks (mindseye_at_tale.com)
Mon, 10 Feb 1997 21:31:30 -0600
Jennifer Keiser <Jennifer_Keiser_at_inspiration.com> wrote:
><snip>
>>Thing is, how do you make sure a database
>>interface gets properly indexed on the search engines?
>
>This week's issue of WebWeek (www.webweek.com) addresses that. Basically they
>say there's nothing you can do now to be sure pages created on-the-fly get
>indexed -- but it's coming... They discuss a few services that are on the way.
Early in 1995, I consulted with a company that wanted to put its database on
the Web. We decided to go with static pages and pre-generated indices rather
than database queries on-the-fly. This meant faster access time, no
programming on the server, lower cost for software, and easy extension from
the client's current database. This method can work if you have only a few
simple queries and a good search engine. One of the unanticipated benefits
of this approach was that the site is all over the search engines' indices.
When you search any of th e major search engines for keywords that are found
in the database, you'll find hundreds of hits for my client, one for each of
the pre-generated pages and one for the index page. We didn't do this to
intentionally "stuff" the search engines, but because of the way
spider-driven search engines work, it had that side effect.
So you might think again about creating Web pages on-the-fly. There are
definite advantages to a well-conceived pre-generated index, even if you
have many megabytes of data.
For another example of pre-generated indices with a search engine, see
Mind's Eye Fiction, http://tale.com
-- Ken Jenks, Editor-in-chief, Mind's Eye Fiction
http://tale.com/ -- The First Web Publisher
MindsEye_at_tale.com
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