Basic Questions about asp.

[Rianna]

Hello, is the only way to get html onto a page with asp, with a click of something? Or can you also get the text on the page with asp with a timer?

Last question, can search engines search the html put onto the pages with asp? Please let me know, thank you very much.

[Rianna]

Can anyone that knows about Asp at least tell me about the search engine part? Thanks very much.

[web_roshan]

I'm unable to understand what you mean by your first and/or second question. Regarding search engines, yes, search engines do index ASP pages. However, it depends on each search engine as to how it maps its index for those ASP pages. Yahoo! 's search engine is able to find out, for example, http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu5crJihGyHkBuUql87UF?ei=UTF-8&fr=sfp&p=S+K+Somaiya+College+of+Arts%2C+Science+and+Commerce&fspl=1

Google doesn't. MSN is able to find out ASP pages. You probably need to get more details on SEO (Search Engine optimization)

[Rianna]

I'm sorry, I meant can search engines read the html that asp code puts on the page? Including google. Please let me know, thanks very much.

[buntine]

The answer is "No way!". ASP source code is parsed on each and every HTTP request. So, regardless of the calling agent, your server will only spit out what your ASP code tells it to.

And, yes, you can use a timer to automatically post back to the web server. But you may as well place the ASP code on the initial page anyway. :/

Cheers,
Andrew Buntine

[Rianna]

Please don't get mad if I try to understand it in my head. After the server parses it and the html is back on the page, why can't the search engines read the html?

[buntine]

They can read the HTML. They cannot read the ASP source code, however. It looks like I have misread your initial question.

Yes, Google can index and understand the HTML your ASP files generate.

Cheers.

[Rianna]

I probably didn't explain very well. Thanks I've almost got it. But doesn't the Html show in the source code as well? Inside the asp script? So will the search engines still read the html? Please let me know and then I will understand it completely and thanks a lot for the help.

[web_roshan]

Search engines will read the HTML within the page (the asp page). But since, ASP pages are generating HTML everytime they are accessed, it is difficult to know whether search engines are able to find out appropriate pages for a query that relates to those pages.

The ASP script is not read by search engines, AFAIK. ASP script is processed by the server and HTML generated by the script is read by the browser and displayed. (if this is what you wanted to know. Am not sure, if this answers your question to a sufficient level of understanding!)

[Rianna]

Thanks for all your help. I guess the part I am still hung up on is this: Since the html is inside of the asp script, does this keep the search engines from scanning the html? Maybe someone will know.

[Terrorke]

As far as I can follow this thread, searchengines read the generated html. Even if it's in an asp script. I don't think it can read the source code of the script.

You can basicly see it like this. The searchengine can read the html that can be accessed asif you click 'view > source' of a webpage

[Rianna]

Thats what I needed to know, that clears it up then, thanks everybody!