__/ [ xyZed ] on Wednesday 01 March 2006 14:14 \__
> It's possibly a daft question, but if I precede the <h1>page
> headers</h1> text with a forward slash like this -
>
> <h1> / Page header</h1>
>
> .. it wouldn't affect Google's assessment of it would it? Logically,
> to me, it should ignore the forward slash as long as there's a space
> between it and the first word and just register the actual English
> words but I'd like to make sure rather than assume.
I would say that you assessment is correct. The slash will not be indexed. It
will be virtually (if not practically) skipped, but I wonder why you should
ever begin a page (any page) with a slash. Unless, of course, it's a
simplistic example of something more complex or a hypothetical question...
Best wishes,
Roy
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