Redirecting if JavaScript is turned off

Peter

I have a modest website that uses a lot of Javascript.

If anybody views the site and does not have Javascript enabled I want to
politely redirect them to another page, so I put this bit of code in my
<head> section :

<script type="text/javascript"
language="JavaScript">document.write("<!"+"--")</script>
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0; URL=noscript.html">


So far so good.
It appears to work, *and* it passes the the 'W3C MarkUp Validation Service'
test ( http://validator.w3.org/ ).

Now the bad news: Google doesn't index my site any more, presumably because
their crawler always gets redirected.

Does anybody have a solution to this dilema, please?
Redirecting to a 'with-script' page is not an option because my page is
linked-to by many other sites.

Jul 20 '05 #1

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Evertjan.

Peter wrote on 28 feb 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

If anybody views the site and does not have Javascript enabled I want
to politely redirect them to another page, so I put this bit of code
in my <head> section :

<script type="text/javascript"
language="JavaScript">document.write("<!"+"--")</script>
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0; URL=noscript.html">


Try doing it the other way around:

Start with the no javascript file and clientside-js-redirect
to the yes javascript page.
Now the bad news: Google doesn't index my site any more, presumably
because their crawler always gets redirected.

This can best be done serverside:

if the IP is in the google range, redirect
--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

Jul 20 '05 #2

Richard Formby

"Evertjan." <ex**************@interxnl.net> wrote in message
news:Xn********************@194.109.133.29...

Peter wrote on 28 feb 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:
Now the bad news: Google doesn't index my site any more, presumably
because their crawler always gets redirected.

This can best be done serverside:

if the IP is in the google range, redirect

And when google find out that you are cloaking the site will be banned.

http://www.google.com.au/webmasters/2.html#A1 - bottom of the page.

Cheers
Richard.

Jul 20 '05 #3

Evertjan.

Richard Formby wrote on 29 feb 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

"Evertjan." <ex**************@interxnl.net> wrote in message
news:Xn********************@194.109.133.29...
Peter wrote on 28 feb 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:
> Now the bad news: Google doesn't index my site any more, presumably
> because their crawler always gets redirected.

This can best be done serverside:

if the IP is in the google range, redirect

And when google find out that you are cloaking the site will be banned.

http://www.google.com.au/webmasters/2.html#A1 - bottom of the page.

Perhaps down under?

The above site wasn't googled anyway, so if the OP wants it, he has to
invent something to keep google on the page that the majority of the
visitors see.
--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

Jul 20 '05 #4

Randy Webb

Evertjan. wrote:

Richard Formby wrote on 29 feb 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

"Evertjan." <ex**************@interxnl.net> wrote in message
news:Xn********************@194.109.133.29...
Peter wrote on 28 feb 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:
Now the bad news: Google doesn't index my site any more, presumably
because their crawler always gets redirected.

This can best be done serverside:

if the IP is in the google range, redirect

And when google find out that you are cloaking the site will be banned.

http://www.google.com.au/webmasters/2.html#A1 - bottom of the page.

Perhaps down under?

http://www.google.com/webmasters/2.html#A1

Says the same thing. Only difference I saw in the two pages, at a quick
glance, was the .au in the address. The section the OP referred to was
verbatim.
--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq/

Jul 20 '05 #5

Evertjan.

Randy Webb wrote on 29 feb 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

Perhaps down under?

http://www.google.com/webmasters/2.html#A1

Says the same thing. Only difference I saw in the two pages, at a quick
glance, was the .au in the address. The section the OP referred to was
verbatim.

Hey, it was a joke !

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

Jul 20 '05 #6

Randy Webb

Evertjan. wrote:

Randy Webb wrote on 29 feb 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

Perhaps down under?

http://www.google.com/webmasters/2.html#A1

Says the same thing. Only difference I saw in the two pages, at a quick
glance, was the .au in the address. The section the OP referred to was
verbatim.

Hey, it was a joke !

Oooooooooops :)

--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq/

Jul 20 '05 #7

Evertjan.

Randy Webb wrote on 01 mrt 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

Evertjan. wrote:
Randy Webb wrote on 29 feb 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

Perhaps down under?

http://www.google.com/webmasters/2.html#A1

Says the same thing. Only difference I saw in the two pages, at a quick
glance, was the .au in the address. The section the OP referred to was
verbatim.

Hey, it was a joke !

Oooooooooops :)

FAQ remains that all Google© pages are displayed upside down over there.

Or so I have heared.

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

Jul 20 '05 #8

Don Grover

No Evertjan !
But the code runs backwards.
Regards
Don
"Evertjan." <ex**************@interxnl.net> wrote in message
news:Xn********************@194.109.133.29...

Randy Webb wrote on 01 mrt 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:
Evertjan. wrote:
Randy Webb wrote on 29 feb 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:
>Perhaps down under?

http://www.google.com/webmasters/2.html#A1

Says the same thing. Only difference I saw in the two pages, at a quick
glance, was the .au in the address. The section the OP referred to was
verbatim.

Hey, it was a joke !

Oooooooooops :)

FAQ remains that all Google© pages are displayed upside down over there.

Or so I have heared.

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

Jul 20 '05 #9

optimistx

Don Grover wrote:

No Evertjan !
But the code runs backwards.
Regards
Don

I am trying to make an Australian version of my page. Upside down is no
problem, but trying to implement backwards execution of scripts I have
some assumably small problems. Although 'goto' does not exist in
Javascript I feel the need to implement 'comefrom'.Do I need
write-only-memory (wom)? Any ideas?

Jul 20 '05 #10

Evertjan.

optimistx wrote on 02 mrt 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

Don Grover wrote:
No Evertjan !
But the code runs backwards.
Regards
Don

I am trying to make an Australian version of my page. Upside down is no
problem, but trying to implement backwards execution of scripts I have
some assumably small problems. Although 'goto' does not exist in
Javascript I feel the need to implement 'comefrom'.Do I need
write-only-memory (wom)? Any ideas?

Make a Wom-batch file following the Swagman protocol:

Do 'til his billy boiled
Camp by a billabong.
If not under the shade of a coolibah tree then
Exit down under
Else
Play <http://tinyurl.com/3fvnq>
End If
Loop

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

Jul 20 '05 #11

Don Grover

Actually are you aware that on most motherboards the inbuilt video cards can
turn the screen upside down, an ozzie invention saves us turning monitor
upside down.
And for all these years I have been thinking the swivilling flat bit on the
top of the monitor was for books.
Don

"optimistx" <op***********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8j*************@read3.inet.fi...

Don Grover wrote:
No Evertjan !
But the code runs backwards.
Regards
Don

I am trying to make an Australian version of my page. Upside down is no
problem, but trying to implement backwards execution of scripts I have
some assumably small problems. Although 'goto' does not exist in
Javascript I feel the need to implement 'comefrom'.Do I need
write-only-memory (wom)? Any ideas?

Jul 20 '05 #12

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