Although I think you just specified and went deeper on what I roughly said, I think you said it very well a very elegant explanation. 5 stars for you
On 20 nov, 15:29, Smelly_Eddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think there is a little more to it than that. > > Most search engines ignore anything after ? (query string) > > This can be useful or detrimental depending on your situation. > > If you are passing around trivial data like session ids or something > that doesn't physically alter the page, I would stick with query > strings. This prevents engines like Google from seeing 'duplicate' > content which lowers your page rank. > > If you used > /posts/view/trivial:875783 > Google would see each different number as a unique page, but notice > the exact same content. > > If you use > /posts/view/?trivial=894894 > Google will treat all as the base url -> /posts/view/, and only index > it as 1 page. > > So if your passing in a search word, you might want to use named > variables since a search for cats should be very different that a > search for dogs. > > If you passing in encrypted data or something that has no direct > impact on the pages content, you might instead choose query strings. > > Hope that helps, > EW > > On Nov 19, 4:55 am, Rafael Bandeira aka rafaelbandeira3 > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Query strings are evil for seo. That's why. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
