Hello all,

I have recently read about how using External and Internal JavaScript can have an effect on website rankings.

Does anyone know if using script such as Google analytics may be an issue with the search engines?

Thanks

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CCR Property Pattaya

Real Estate Thailand

That won't be a problem. You just don't want to use java script for anything important (keywords ) that you want the spiders to read. They are still having a hard time reading java.

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Java will not hurt you as long as you don't over do it. You do not want to use java for navigation.

Google analytics will definitely not hurt your site.

Read the Google technical guidelines here if you need more clarification - http://www.google.com/support/webmas...349&topic=8522

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John Allen
Realtor®/Broker
Allen Real Estate Services, Inc.
Sarasota, Florida
Representing buyers and sellers of fine Sarasota real estate.

If you have other ways for the SE's to find your content, like a complete and automatically generated site map page linked from the home page and every other page, xml site map for Google, and strong internal page linking structures, then using java for navigation should not be a problem. Many sites do not include 100% of their content in their navigation structures anyway, and in those cases, the other methods are crucial.

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Ron Goodman, GRI, REALTOR®
Prudential Colorado Real Estate
Denver Colorado Real Estate: Highlands Ranch, Parker, Littleton, Castle Rock
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Google analytics is just a couple line of script.. It will not effect your SEO much.. But make the other scripts include as much as possible.........

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Real Estate Press

Great, thanks for all the info.

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CCR Property Pattaya

Real Estate Thailand