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The results have been collected and an analysis has been made. Read on for more information regarding this investigation.

I setup an alert so that every time a user viewed my main CSS file I would receive an email with their I.P address. Google’s bots usually had a 66. at the beginning of their I.P address, so I could identify when the Google bot hit certain pages of my website. I received a lot of spam, as expected, but the results were in and I drew to a conclusion on whether Google indexed CSS style-sheets.

Google did not hit the CSS file when they re-indexed my site for the month. I did not receive an email for the CSS file with the bot address. However, this does not guarantee that Google ignores CSS files completely. Even though Google did not index/cache the CSS file with their usual bot I.P address (66.249.66.1), it does not mean that Google doesn’t use other I.Ps to read my website.

I believe results are truly inconclusive. Further testing and analysis is definitely needed. Don’t worry Development Web readers, we have already thought of another scenario in which we can further test this subject.

Please stay tuned….

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