any problems with the code a FP site map adds?

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Catherine Jo Morgan

I added a site map to my (yet unpublished) website and was not happy to see
a lot of extra code added at the top of the page. I'm trying to keep that as
simple as possible so the search engines get to the meat of the page as
quickly as possible. Now the first line reads:

<html xmlns:mso="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
xmlns:msdt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882">

Is this extra code apt to cause problems with older browsers? I'm wondering
if the site map is worth it. I guess if there's a link to it high on the
index page for the site, it could help with search engine indexing.
Otherwise, it looks like a hindrance. I'd like it for the convenience of
viewers, but not at the expense of their finding the site.

Advice, suggestions? TIA
 
That will be ignored by the search engines.
They start with the meta and title tags and then work their way down.

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Between the title, description & keyword lines and body of the page, the
categories FP adds for the site map also add a lot of other code like this:
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<mso:CustomDocumentProperties>
<mso:Categories msdt:dt="string"></mso:Categories>
<mso:Approval_x0020_Level
msdt:dt="string"></mso:Approval_x0020_Level><mso:Assigned_x0020_To
msdt:dt="string"></mso:Assigned_x0020_To></mso:CustomDocumentProperties>
</xml><![endif]-->

That's a lot of stuff before we get to a H1 or an H2.
 
The only workaround is, to not use that component.

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Catherine Jo Morgan said:
Between the title, description & keyword lines and body of the page, the
categories FP adds for the site map also add a lot of other code like this:
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<mso:CustomDocumentProperties>
<mso:Categories msdt:dt="string"></mso:Categories>
<mso:Approval_x0020_Level
msdt:dt="string"></mso:Approval_x0020_Level><mso:Assigned_x0020_To
msdt:dt="string"></mso:Assigned_x0020_To></mso:CustomDocumentProperties>
</xml><![endif]-->

That's a lot of stuff before we get to a H1 or an H2.

Steve Easton said:
That will be ignored by the search engines.
They start with the meta and title tags and then work their way down.

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
.......................with a computer

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I decided to just do it by hand. I don't have hundreds of pages and that way
I can simplify the site map and get rid of the extra code. I did have to go
in and delete the extra code by hand, but it was in gray, which made it easy
to find. Thanks for all your help.

Catherine Jo Morgan said:
Between the title, description & keyword lines and body of the page, the
categories FP adds for the site map also add a lot of other code like this:
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<mso:CustomDocumentProperties>
<mso:Categories msdt:dt="string"></mso:Categories>
<mso:Approval_x0020_Level
msdt:dt="string"></mso:Approval_x0020_Level><mso:Assigned_x0020_To
msdt:dt="string"></mso:Assigned_x0020_To></mso:CustomDocumentProperties>
</xml><![endif]-->

That's a lot of stuff before we get to a H1 or an H2.

Steve Easton said:
That will be ignored by the search engines.
They start with the meta and title tags and then work their way down.

--
Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
.......................with a computer

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