Ajax is NOT directly SEO friendly, nor is it Section 508 compliant due to its accessibility issues. However, there is a way to use Ajax without taking away the certain population that will drive your SEO traffic.
Use DHTML layering. Many sites are starting to work with it, and I can tell you it works perfectly. Here are some of the
layer attributes. If you come across a better example, send me the link to post.
Labels: ajax, seo
- Name: Aaron Shear
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
I have been in the search industry since the late 90’s, no not 10-20 years. My career started early in the search Day’s at Inktomi, where I supported large search portals. For example, MSN, AOL, iWon, Hotbot, CNet too name a few.
After Inktomi I became a freelance consultant. I consulted for a few of the Top SEO’s around 2002 time frame; obviously the market has changed since then. After consulting I joined a small SEO firm called SEO Inc as the CTO. At SEO Inc. I successfully optimized some of the largest clients including IGN, Sony, VEGAS.com, Beaches and Sandals Resorts to name a few.
Even though SEO Inc was a ton of fun, I still wanted the ultimate SEO challenge. I moved on as the global head of SEO for Shopping.com an eBay company. This challenge was an interesting one, how do I optimize a site with 50 million products? Every month I helped the business grow by leaps and bounds.
I am now consulting for mostly enterprise e-commerce clients.
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I don't know if DHTML layering is the best option. Sometimes maybe. You can optimize AJAX though. You can find more info here.
I agree with Scott. I made my own implementation of AJAX for SEO. And layering can sometimes mix up various content topics on 1 page losing keyword focus in my opinion.
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Aaron,
I do not agree with you. I've done seo friendly ajax site with my own idea.
You'll find my idea with source code.
http://abcoder.com/javascript/jquery/ajax-and-seo-is-it-possible-to-get-them-together/
Thanks
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