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Overview
An HTML entity is a combination of characters which will be displayed within an HTML browser as a single character. All HTML entities begin with "&" (ampersand) and end with ";" (semicolon). Many entities have mnemonic names (such as "&", which displays an ampersand); any possible character can be displayed as an entity by using the format "&#number;" where number is the output character's ASCII value in decimal.
Reference
Questions
- Does Google resolve html entities when indexing web pages? That is, if I spelled a word (e.g. "schmerglefrotz") entirely using html entities, would someone be able to find that page using google by typing "schmerglefrotz" (after the site had been spidered, of course)? (As a test, I will spell a completely different word using HTML entities, and try Googling it later: FRELGKLOTZ)
- 2007-07-15 answer: Yes, it does find it (though it took several months at least before this page got indexed).
Standard ASCII in Entities
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! |
!
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" |
"
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# |
#
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$ |
$
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% |
%
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& |
&
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' |
'
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( |
(
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) |
)
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* |
*
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+ |
+
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, |
,
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- |
-
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. |
.
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/ |
/
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0 |
0
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1 |
1
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2 |
2
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3 |
3
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4 |
4
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5 |
5
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6 |
6
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7 |
7
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8 |
8
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9 |
9
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: |
:
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; |
;
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< |
<
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= |
=
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> |
>
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? |
?
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@ |
@
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A |
A |
a |
a
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B |
B |
b |
b
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C |
C |
c |
c
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D |
D |
d |
d
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E |
E |
e |
e
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F |
F |
f |
f
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G |
G |
g |
g
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H |
H |
h |
h
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I |
I |
i |
i
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J |
J |
j |
j
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K |
K |
k |
k
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L |
L |
l |
l
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M |
M |
m |
m
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N |
N |
n |
n
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O |
O |
o |
o
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P |
P |
p |
p
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Q |
Q |
q |
q
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R |
R |
r |
r
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S |
S |
s |
s
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T |
T |
t |
t
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U |
U |
u |
u
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V |
V |
v |
v
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W |
W |
w |
w
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X |
X |
x |
x
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Y |
Y |
y |
y
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Z |
Z |
z |
z
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[ |
[ |
{ |
{
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\ |
\ |
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] |
] |
} |
}
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^ |
^ |
~ |
~
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_ |
_ |
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` |
` |
€ |
€
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