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I have an XsltListViewWebPart on a publishing page. I am using custom XSL to style the view; I am not even using the ECB menu.

Why is Google indexing the ECB menu's HTML & JavaScript? When i search for my site with Google, I see the following:

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In the WebPart's generated HTML, in the ECB menu's code block, I see the following <div>.

<div>javascript:commonShowModalDialog(&#39;{SiteUrl}/_layouts/itemexpiration.aspx?ID={ItemId}&amp;List={ListId}&#39;, &#39;center:1;dialogHeight:500px;dialogWidth:500px;resizable:yes;status:no;location:no;menubar:no;help:no&#39;, function GotoPageAfterClose(pageid){if(pageid == &#39;hold&#39;) {STSNavigate(unescape(decodeURI(&#39;{SiteUrl}&#39;))+&#39;/_layouts/hold.aspx?ID={ItemId}&amp;List={ListId}&#39;);  return false;} if(pageid == &#39;audit&#39;) {STSNavigate(unescape(decodeURI(&#39;{SiteUrl}&#39;))+&#39;/_layouts/Reporting.aspx?Category=Auditing&amp;backtype=item&amp;ID={ItemId}&amp;List={ListId}&#39;); return false;} if(pageid == &#39;config&#39;) {STSNavigate(unescape(decodeURI(&#39;{SiteUrl}&#39;))+&#39;/_layouts/expirationconfig.aspx?ID={ItemId}&amp;List={ListId}&#39;); return false;}}, null); return false;</div>

Now I am no SEO expert, but there is plenty of other relevant, semantic content both before & after this <div> that Google should be displaying rather than this nasty codeblock. (Why is this a <div> & not a <script> anyway?)

Is there a way to remove the ECB menu entirely? I am not using it at all (at least not on any publishing pages). If not, how can i ensure that it doesn't get indexed by search engines?

Edit (10/1/2013): Lets approach this from a different angle. What horrible SEO mistakes could i have made that would have caused the ECB menu to get indexed over the other content? Most of the content preceeding the ECB menu is nothing but <h1>, <p>, & <a> tags wrapped in some <div> tags. There is some JavaScript animations, but everything is initially visible.

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If you're not using the capabilities of the XsltListViewWebPart I'd suggest you use the Content Query Web Part instead which gives you more control about the rendered HTML.

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  • That is a fair answer. Commented Sep 19, 2013 at 12:52
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    I am using the XsltListViewWebPart approach because i can deploy the XSL to the hive, use it in my list definitions, & deploy via a WSP. I believe using a ContentQueryWebPart will shift the XSL out of the WSP into the content level, which will make it harder for me to track & maintain. Commented Sep 19, 2013 at 13:02
  • All XSL files for the Content Query Web Part are stored centrally as well and can be provisioned using a WSP. By setting the desired permissions you can control who can modify them. Commented Sep 30, 2013 at 5:44

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