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konicky
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Posted - 22 Jan 2009 :  16:48:49  Show Profile  Visit konicky's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I'm not sure if this a well known phenomenon but site map generators and presumably bots don't seem to follow hot spot links. I had to add additional links on the page for the site to be mapped correctly.

T00N
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Posted - 22 Jan 2009 :  19:43:41  Show Profile  Visit T00N's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Really? I use those quite a lot :(
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s.dav
Site Admin

Italy
3364 Posts
Posted - 23 Jan 2009 :  09:06:27  Show Profile  Visit s.dav's Homepage  Reply with Quote
HotSpot links created by Dynamic HTML Editor are simple transparent images with a link so perfectly indexed by search engines bots (like other picture or shapes with a link created into your pages)
Image maps can create problems for poor bots.

>I had to add additional links on the page for the site to be mapped correctly.
Strange, maybe your site map generator ignores links on pictures?
Regards, Davide
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konicky
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Posted - 23 Jan 2009 :  10:21:04  Show Profile  Visit konicky's Homepage  Reply with Quote
The Hot Spot links on my image are 'on click events' could that make a difference?
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s.dav
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Italy
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Posted - 26 Jan 2009 :  08:37:58  Show Profile  Visit s.dav's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Yes, this make a big difference!
Events use Javascript so the 99.9% of bots will ignore them
Regards, Davide
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