> I've suggested that we move the page to a kind of paged > results setup, so that the user clicks on the letter of the > alphabet and the appropriate resources are displayed, but > they are concerned with how this might affect the pages > Google ranking. > > Any ideas on an answer to this? Will the Google ranking be > affected? I'm kind of at a loss about this.
This is really putting the cart before the horse. If the page is effectively unusable, who cares how well it's ranked? In any case, you can't predict what exactly will happen. The page might be less relevant overall for a given search, but the new, smaller pages might become more relevant for other searches. Google ranking and relevance is based on the actual data you're providing; it's not really the black art some (SEO "specialists" mostly) make it out to be. If you provide relevant data, your pages will be considered relevant. If you really want to stick with the one big page, generate the HTML and cache it. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Training: Adobe/Google/Paperthin Certified Partners http://training.figleaf.com/ WebManiacs 2008: the ultimate conference for CF/Flex/AIR developers! http://www.webmaniacsconference.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:300336 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
