[RESOLVED] include files and SEO

[nrg_alpha]

I am using an include file as my header / menu system for an upcoming site (for the obvious purpose of being able to simply resave the modified include file and over-write the older version on the live server to make the changes propogate sitewide).

Within this separate include file, I am using an <h1> tag as my header graphic (an SEO trick) for the sake of search engine rankings via exposure to spider indexing (since we know images are not indexed by spiders).

Have it working..all is good.. but then a thought occured (which believe me, is sometimes scary in its own right).. Will search engine spiders be able to see this <h1> tag within this separate include file when indexing my site? If not, then I would need to move this tag into php pages. The reason why it currently resides within the include file is so that I can tweak the tag text with better selected key words within the site phrase / description to help improve page rankings. Again, making a simple modification and then over-writting would propogate site wide, thus making maintenance easy.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

[Weedpacket]

The content seen by the search engine spider is exactly what any other client sees: how the content got there is nevermind nohow (somehow saying "neither here nor there" seemed appropriate). So if it's in the page, it's in the page and you're away laughing.

[nrg_alpha]

Perfect! This means I get to keep it in the include file...booyah!

Excatly what I was hoping to hear!

Thanks!