Bert, Thanks for the great read!
> Part 7: other things you should know > ----------------------------------------------------- > A. Querystrings (everything behind a ? in the URL) > Most major search engines hate querystrings. They assume that the > query strings are used for database access and dynamic page > generation. This can give them a "black hole" where they eventually > index a complete database. Altavista clearly states that they will > index a page with querystrings, but won't follow any links. Google is > one of the first to start indexing pages with querystrings. They are > very coutious and will go only a certain levels. Now that we can effectively rewrite page URLs without query strings using C2, do you think it's simply a matter of resubmitting to search engines to remove any existing search engine links to the "old" pages? In the meantime, I suppose we could leave up a pipeline up, that maps the old URLs with query strings to the new URL without query strings (and monitor logs to determine when/if to delete them down the road.) Would that be your approach for updating old sites? Diana --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
