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Dominic Cronin
Asked: 2013-01-10 07:56:53 +0800 CST

How can I prevent Microsoft Search Server from indexing hidden text in my web page

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I am using Microsoft Search Server 2010 Express to spider a web site and provide search facilities to the site users. In the html of the site, we have various elements that are hidden by means of a css class. For example: 

<p class="hidden">Go to <a href="#mainNav" title="main menu">main menu</a></p>

Such text is intended to provide additional assistance for the visually impaired, and is not meaningful in the context of search results.

How can I configure Search Server so that it doesn't include text like this in the hit context of a result?

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  1. Best Answer

    I was able to resolve this with some help from a colleague. The solution was to create an ASP.NET control which detects the user agent. If it's the search crawler, the output is not rendered.

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