Re: [Lynx-dev] shebang URL hash - #!

[Klaus-Peter Wegge]

Hi, Thanks for the explaination.
in the given example this obviously outdated construct is used to redirect
to a login or cookie acceptance page or something similar. Therefore
ignoring is no good option ;-)
It is just introduced in the brand new document management systems of ISO,
CEN/CENELEC and many european national standards organisation.

Best, Klaus

On Wed, 27 Oct 2021, David Woolley wrote:

> On 27/10/2021 09:30, Klaus-Peter Wegge wrote:
> > if and how can lynx deal with so called shebang URLs?
> >
> > #! is called the shebang URL hash, used to hint to search engines that
> > this site is using Ajax to display another page.
> >
> > Examle:
> > <a 
> > href="https://docs.din.de/din-documents/ui/#!/doc/default/9637d154-ffae-4b40-97c1-7274b6faa837?p=din-email-docs-page";>Komprimieren 
> > und Herunterladen</a>
>
> If I understand 
> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3009380/whats-the-shebang-hashbang-in-facebook-and-new-twitter-urls-for> 
> correctly, this technique is deprecated, and the page it would lead to, when 
> interpreted as Google would interpret it, is quite likely to be 
> non-functional, as all it needs to do is provide searchable text that would 
> have been seen if you went to the real, Ajax, page, and it constructed the 
> working copy of the target page on the fly.