Advantages of keeping Javascript in include files

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1. Search engine spiders can crawl and index your site easier if they have less code to wade through. The spider software looks for your page content (text, titles, alt tags) and typically ignores the javascript.
   Another example that it pays to separate content and presentation. Note that if you use javascript do actually generate content on the fly using document.write() statements, then search engines most likely will not be able to see this content.
   This applies to navigation (menus, buttons..) and sometimes 'encrypted' email addresses, so the damage is rather limited.
2. A search engine may look what percentage of the whole document the keywords make of. If 30% of your document are javascript, then content related to your keywords makes up only 70%. If all your javascript would be in an external 'include' file, then your keywords will appear more 'relevant'.
3. For a visitor the page may load *slightly* faster with javascript include files. Depending on the web browser, the document itself will load right away and then multiple connections to your web server will fetch images and javascript include files. The web page may be rendered before the javascript is loaded.
   

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2006-05-31, 04:53:27

adarshmacl@gmail.com from India

Very helpfulllllllllll Depending on the web browser, the document itself will load right away and then multiple connections to your web server will fetch images and javascript include files. The web page may be rendered before the javascript is loaded. is Correct

2007-07-20, 13:16:04

anonymous from United States

More importantly, it allows you to share code across pages. If you have a few functions that you're going to use on every page, putting them in an include file means you only have to edit them in one place, and the client only has to load them once. So, if they visit more than one page on your site, the second page loads faster than the first. The same is true of CSS.

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