Google will sometimes index pages with querystring parameters. The algo Google uses to determine whether to index url's of this type is unknown, but much speculated upon ;-)
In my experience, Google may index mypage.cgi?t=1 if the site has a reasonable PageRank (inward links) but will not follow any links with querystring parameters from that dynamic page. So if mypage.cgi?a=1 links to another page mypage.cgi?a=2, this 2nd page isn't indexed. WebmasterWorld Google Knowledgebase V2: "Q: Does Google index dynamic content? A: It will in certain instances..." http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/2829.htm#item355 Google Webmaster Guidelines: "If you decide to use dynamic pages (i.e., the URL contains a '?' character), be aware that not every search engine spider crawls dynamic pages as well as static pages. It helps to keep the parameters short and the number of them small. " http://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html Regards, Matt > -----Original Message----- > That's good information, but possibly needs more research to see > if other factors (bots.txt entry maybe) determine id query string > links get followed. > > Searching in Google, I remember seeing entries including the ? > > parameter in the URL. -- http://cms-list.org/ more signal, less noise.
