I have a flash file (I know - bad for se) that pulls images from an xml file. When updating the xml file and refreshing the browser the new images do not show up.
I'm looking at a meta tag (pragma) that does not cache the page so this won't be an issue. The tag is below...
<meta HTTP-EQUIV= "pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">
Does anyone know if this has any issues with search engines?
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Caching Of Images And Google
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jlivingston
, Sep 16 2003 02:14 PM
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jlivingston
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Posted 16 September 2003 - 02:14 PM
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Posted 16 September 2003 - 02:27 PM
Look at the source code for this forum page...
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Posted 16 September 2003 - 02:29 PM
Welcome, jlivingston! 
I don't think that meta tag poses a problem for the search engines, but I imagine some of our programming types would know better and will hopefully chime in for you.
Jill
oops..i see scottie already did!
I don't think that meta tag poses a problem for the search engines, but I imagine some of our programming types would know better and will hopefully chime in for you.
Jill
oops..i see scottie already did!
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Posted 16 September 2003 - 05:14 PM
Hello all,
jlivingston, have you sorted this problem yet?
If not let us know, I've had problems like this in the past and could have a few ideas for you.
jlivingston, have you sorted this problem yet?
When updating the xml file and refreshing the browser the new images do not show up.
If not let us know, I've had problems like this in the past and could have a few ideas for you.
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Posted 16 September 2003 - 07:40 PM
The no-cache pragma has no effect at all on the spiders.
Unfortunately, you'll likely discover it has only marginally more effect on the browsers and even less effect on proxies. All you're really doing with that tag is asking "Pretty please, with sugar on top." While it's gotten better in the last year or two, the software that caches your page (whether browser or proxy) still calls all the shots, and too many still seem to ignore the no-cache pragma. You're usually much better off with a server side NO CACHE directive sent in the page header.
Unfortunately, you'll likely discover it has only marginally more effect on the browsers and even less effect on proxies. All you're really doing with that tag is asking "Pretty please, with sugar on top." While it's gotten better in the last year or two, the software that caches your page (whether browser or proxy) still calls all the shots, and too many still seem to ignore the no-cache pragma. You're usually much better off with a server side NO CACHE directive sent in the page header.
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