Impact of SSI INCLUDE tag on indexing and positioning

[Elda]

There are some active links in the footer area of my website which is common to all the pages. I am trying to use SSI (Server Side Include) to add these links to each page through an include file.

Will usage of the SSI “INCLUDE” tag in all the pages of the web site affect the search engine indexing and positioning of the individual pages?

Thanks,
Elda

[stymiee]

The search engines don't care about what server side technology you use. All they see is the (x)HTML your server side code generates. To see what they see simply load your page in your favorite web browser and then view the source. What you see is exactly what they see.

[noel_x99]

I use includes on more complex sites and I've never had a problem with them.

It sure makes site maintenance easier!