Yes they are. However I believe my original point (minus my "supporting" argument) is still valid. Well structured urls are better than url vars. Or at least that's what I've always known to be true. And when it comes to SEO mojo why risk it?
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Dave Watts <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It's not an issue in that Google can't crawl you. It's an issue in > that > > > > Google will rank this: > > > > > > > > mysite.com/Cars/BMW/X3 > > > > > > > > Higher than this: > > > > > > > > mysite.com?cat=cars&maker=bmw&style=x3 > > > > > > I would be a bit surprised if that's true. Both URLs contain obvious, > > > easily-read data. Google is full of smart people who are good at > > > categorization. > > > > Well it was an example case. Most url vars aren't as easy to read as my > fake > > example. It would probably be more like mysite.com?id=1345238 > > Those are two different examples, and would presumably have two > different outcomes. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340544 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
