Re: mac microsoft word problem

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On 9/12/05 3:47 PM, in article
1126565266.909786.156610@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"googmeister@xxxxxxxxx" <googmeister@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sorry, didn't mean to ruffle any feathers. My point was only
>
> * The site claims to be "absolutely standard HTML 4.0", but
> it is not, so it should not advertise itself as such.

I'll let John respond to that one.

> * The large majority of users who click a link from an article
> about Word for OS X will be using a browser for which
> your site doesn't work (regardless of who is to blame).

True, and we do our best to warn them.

> * You MVPs deserve a heck of a lot of credit for compiling
> such a huge amount of useful information. It's a terrific
> service, and Microsoft *ought* to pay you for your time
> since you add alot of value to their products!

But if they paid us, we'd have to be nice to them :-). Thanks for the
thought, though.

> I understand now that the frames-based website was designed
> mainly for Windows users a long time ago, and it's probably too
> much work to fix now. It's a shame because you will lose not
> only alot of Safari users (maybe not a big deal), but also Google
> users (since the frames make your site much less likely to get
> indexed).

Did you try a Google search? I just searched for Microsoft Word Mac and
we're the #9 result! Unfortunately, they've indexed the "real" home page
instead of the redirect page which warns about Safari. Phooey! Oh well,
you can't win 'em all.

By the way, the "real" home page has the frameset, not the redirect page.
But you're perfectly correct that the search engine spiders don't grok
framesets; it's just that so many people link to us that it seems not to
matter.

Beth

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