On Thursday 09 Feb 2006 11:33, Gili wrote: > I don't think this necessary has anything to do with your URL scheme. > It has to do with having different URLs returning the same (or very > similar) content.
As you have written immediately below, the problem IS due to the URL scheme. People need to be aware that using such a scheme can result in a penalty from Google if ANY one of the parameters does not alter the page significantly. > The difference is that under niceurl, all URLs are considered > individual pages whereas under the normal scheme it might be considered > as a single page with multiple parameters. I believe Google has problems > indexing the matter whereas if you use the former and different > parameters yield the same page you will end up penalized. Google and other major search engines no longer have problems indexing dynamic pages (urls with a ?) > I would suggest you simply ensure that different parameters always > result in different content Unrealistic. If any parameter does not alter the page significantly your site will be penalised. > and use HTTP redirects in case different > parameters yield the same content. Google will only penalize you if you > don't HTTP redirect and pretend these are different pages. If the redirect relies on a user session existing then Google will not even index the content page (Google does not support cookies and avoids any url with a session id). If it doesn't rely on a session then all parameters must also be present in the redirected page URL which brings us back to the original problem. Generally, steer clear of such a format if you want traffic from Google UNLESS every parameter results in a significantly different page. I have combined the 2 different schemes so that the main parameters are included in the URL path and additional ones are in the query string. /action/main_param_name/main_param_value?parm_name2=param_value2 This works well. John ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Wicket-user mailing list Wicket-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-user
