have search engine ignore( and not include in abstract) parts of webpage

[jerry sharkey]

Using yahoo sitebuilder.
The discription (abstract) in a yahoo/google search result contains text- business names, half addresses...because this text is near search terms used to find the page.
is there a way to have search engines ignore a table that is in the center of all the pages on my site- that is where it is getting the names, half addresses from.
thank you

[gregleo]

Many times when this happens you can use a robots.txt file and a META tag. I had this exact problem with one of my clients web sites and and cosulted the book, Building a Web Site for Dummies.
Hope this helps.

[WebJoel]

http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/robots.shtml