timberlandoutletltjc
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Hi, on my website, for example tutorials.php wil load the tutorial you have clicked on. Now the only problem is, does google follow all the "links" on my site (they contain & in them) or does it just index all the pages, such as tutorials.php because i can't find any of my tutorials on google.If you are not currently using mod_rewrite do an OZZU search or Google search for mod_rewrite. Basically it changes ugly ".php?ima_bad_link+see_where_I'm_going" links into cushy little HTML links like "imanicelink.html" which Google seems to like better.I think that is the right answer, but I'll let the SEO experts confirm or correct.as far as I can tell, google doesn't care one way or the other."link.php?this=foo&that=bar" will get indexed as easily as "link.php", as long as there are actual links to it. Hell, I have listings in google that AREN'T actually linked directly on my site. They are pages that result from a form GET on my site, but others have linked directly to them on their site and it got listed in google.Just place links to the pages that you want to be visited by the spider into a site map and they will definitely be visited.Interesting enough, I've recently spoken to a SEO firm (http://www.glassonion.com.au/) here in Australia who stated the direct opposite and I quote "google can't read dynamic pages, unless of course they've changed this since we started this telephone call"arrogant and ignorant - wonderful combo's....Just goes to show - most SEO's firms I've dealt with don't know anymore - and even less - than the experienced members of OZZU....So much confusion over dynamic pages ....If the dynamic page is accessed using a STATIC LINK ("link.php?this=foo&that=bar") then search engines have no problem understanding the HTML that is returned.If the dynamic page is accessed using a form or any other DYNAMICALLY CONSTRUCTED LINK then the search engines cannot follow them. Search engines cannot supply data if session IDs are required, or input is needed to to find a page.I have several dynamic pages on my site and there is no problem with indexing.Quote:To be honest I think this advice no longer useful....Google CAN and DOES follow links to dynamic pages, as long as HTML is returned. They still have problems with Javascript and links that reurn script code.I have over 200 pages indexed on my site which seem to break every rule. They have several parameters containing numbers, and spaces. Yet Google follows them perfectly.http://www.dogtagsdirect.com/Forms/topsites.pl?action=Editor&link=2004/12/30%2020:25:17I agree with rtchar, yet still would advise to make sure you have done everything possible to make your urls as SE friendly as possible.