Code Encryption
Does anyone know if using PHP/HTML encryption solutions like CodeLock can result in spidering/search engine positioning problems?
Does anyone know if using PHP/HTML encryption solutions like CodeLock can result in spidering/search engine positioning problems?
Greg K posted this at 23:26 — 15th July 2005.
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It would probably depend on how it "encrypts" the HTML. What gets done to the PHP won't make a difference, they will only see the output of the PHP script.
IMO, it is rare that HTML encryption is needed. Anyone who would be a real concern over seing the HTML would be able to "decrypt" it anyhow. Just keeps out the newbies.
Is the information you are trying to protect worth the cost of loosing people who browse with javascript shut off and the extra overhead (larger filesize being sent to the browser) really worth it?
-Greg
chrishirst posted this at 07:09 — 16th July 2005.
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and of course ALL SE indexers are javascript disabled.
dougadam posted this at 18:57 — 20th July 2005.
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How could someone decrypt it without knowing the keycode?
Greg K posted this at 18:59 — 20th July 2005.
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How would the browser decrypt it unless it receives the keycode as well? Anything the browser can get, you can get.
-Greg
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