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Originally Posted by HillsCap
XML transclusion will allow me to do some things that are impossible with HTML transclusion, and will be cross-browser compatible on all DOM2 compatible browsers (our site right now only works in IE 5.5 and up).
Now, to the question...
How well do the search engines handle XML pages?
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Shouldn't your question be how do se's handle pages that pull in XML data? I have never (never say never) seen an XML page show up in the search results.
I don't know...interesting question.
I guess one would have to go out and find some pages out there that use XML data to dynamicly create pages with...then start doing a little research on how well they place in the SERPS.
I am following in your footsteps on this approach, so I guess I will be following this part of your thread too.
Another approach (for certain parts, not all) is javascripting in large portions of your page that does not change...such as the header. There are certain advantages to this if crafted correctly. It is not "loaded" but it is cached on the user side.
Prior to the scripted header, you would put in your <NOSCRIPT> stuff, such as navigation links and a tiny logo graphic. This will satisfy the spiders need to crawl and your pages will be lighter weight to boot.
Since, 98% of the hits in my logs show that javascript is enabled....I am throwing more and more of the non-essential overhead into a main.js file. This standard file is cached on the user side, and once loaded....well you know the rest of that story.