./?page=something

[mattsoftnet]

if my content manager loads all pages from a central index by ./?page=home will google's spider follow links to pages like that?

[Pinyo]

Yes it will as long as the query string is not too crazy (i.e., more than 3-4 variables), but not optimum for SEO purpose.

[Pimpen 2010]

It takes longer for them to spider those type of links though (atleast that's what I was told)

[Johan007]

Pimpen I have had that same hunch for some time but I can not prove it. I think the delay only happens when... and I dont know how to explain it...when the first ever page is spidered it is delayed until the dot dynamic page canbe trusted ...but all other pages added after are not delayed. eg:

so on Spider DAY 1

Page.asp
Page.asp?ID=1
Page.asp?ID=2

...these are delayed. Google wants to know if it trust worthy.

so on Spider DAY 2

Page.asp?ID=3
Page.asp?ID=24

...these pages are added instantly.

so on Spider DAY 3

Page.asp?ID=25
Page.asp?ID=26
Newname.asp?ID=1

WAIT! only the first 2 url's are added. The last URL is waiting to be trusted.


I do believe in pages having “Query Strings” and its good to see proper terminology used… at last! Query Strings are a natural way of showing SE how your pages are generated and so are much more trusting than URL re-write however you will lose a potential URL keyword but this no great loss as weight is so low. URL re-write’s are being abused especially in generating automating search strings to create 1000’s pages.

There is no way a QueryString can be called a session id.

Oh there is one problem…MSN Search requires all query string pages to be linked from a non Query String Page. So…

/page.asp?ID=20

should be linked from

/page.asp

or

/sitemap.asp

[protected]

what`s that means page.asp?ID=1 ....ID=1 is url right...or i`m rong

[Johan007]

Originally Posted by protected

what`s that means page.asp?ID=1 ....ID=1 is url right...or i`m rong

yes correct. Its is used when you are creating database driven pages.

[WhatiFind]

Try using a mod_rewrite module into .htaccess. This forces the server to create static links instead of dynamic ones, ./?page=something could look like /something.php or anything else.
You could try something like this

RewriteEngine on 
RewriteRule ^index([0-9]+)\.php$ /?page=$1 [L]

[Johan007]

Originally Posted by WhatiFind

Try using a mod_rewrite module into .htaccess. This forces the server to create static links instead of dynamic ones, ./?page=something could look like /something.php or anything else.
You could try something like this

RewriteEngine on 
RewriteRule ^index([0-9]+)\.php$ /?page=$1 [L]

There is no real need to disrupts the natural url structure. Helps in debugging when your URL is not re-written and tells Search Engines you have dynamic content which is not a bad thing.

[WhatiFind]

Originally Posted by Johan007

There is no real need to disrupts the natural url structure. Helps in debugging when your URL is not re-written and tells Search Engines you have dynamic content which is not a bad thing.

True, but in my opinion dynamic urls takes longer to get proper indexed by google.

[Johan007]

Originally Posted by WhatiFind

True, but in my opinion dynamic urls takes longer to get proper indexed by google.

I have explained that only the first URL does but the delay is only a week or two. When one URL is trusted its just as quick as other pages.

[arius]

My experience has been that ? search args in the url take forever to be spidered. (forever = over a year). With Mod rewriting you could be fully indexed in a month. Why wait?
Go with WhatIFind's recommendation.