SSI and SEO

[Tedel]

Hello,

After so many editions to my site, I'm thinking on start using SSI (server-side included) again. I have a question, though.

What are the SEO implications of doing it? Does it help? No difference? I'd appreciate some feedback. :updown:

 

[imkazu]

are you on LAMP ?
i'd recommend PHP's include function & mod_rewrite so all your content appears static to the SEs

 

[Tedel]

I'm using Litespeed, not Apache.

 

[Rexibit]

After so many editions to my site, I'm thinking on start using SSI (server-side included) again. I have a question, though

The key phrase there is "after so many 'additions'".

SSI are there for content that doesn't change often, is static, and you want to be able to use them on many pages without having to constantly edit each individual page when you do want to make a change. It also helps modulate your website.

If you're constantly editing the content, then you want to use server-side programing to help automate this process. For instance, changing the year can easily be done via a PHP function and you'll never need to touch the code again. Changing prices can be done by pulling information from the database.

I'd honestly go with just changing your site to PHP and use the PHP require_once function to break up your site as it's faster processing-wise and gives you so much more in terms of scaling for the future.

What are the SEO implications of doing it?

There are no implications because it's a "server-side include". It's processed on the server prior to being rendered in your browser. Since search engine bots can't see server-side processing, they view it just like any other web page, so all included files are combined before they view it.

 

[Tedel]

There are no implications because it's a "server-side include". It's processed on the server prior to being rendered in your browser. Since search engine bots can't see server-side processing, they view it just like any other web page, so all included files are combined before they view it.

Exactly what I wanted to know. Thank you.