Dreamquick
msg:1290496 | 2:41 am on Mar 24, 2004 (gmt 0) |
As long as you keep the querystring simple and avoid using ID as a variable name for anything other than really simple data then you should be fine. It might also be worth having a look at mod_rewrite as a quick & easy way to make your dynamic pages appear static. - Tony
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mancunian
msg:1290497 | 9:43 am on Mar 24, 2004 (gmt 0) |
Thank you for the reply. Where do I get Mod_Rewrite please?
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mancunian
msg:1290498 | 9:45 am on Mar 24, 2004 (gmt 0) |
ps I am on windows 2000 servers not appache
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DoppyNL
msg:1290499 | 9:47 am on Mar 24, 2004 (gmt 0) |
>> I have a very basic 6 page website
6 pages?
If you keep the part after the? short then there is no problem getting indexed. this will do just fine: index.php?p=intro (may become problematic when you've got lots of pages though, wich you say you don't)
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mancunian
msg:1290500 | 12:07 pm on Mar 24, 2004 (gmt 0) |
Thanks for the replies guys. I am tempted to just leave it in php as for reasons I will not trouble you with to convert to html is not as easy as it should be. Just two questions: 1. Will html pages of competitors be ranked in preference to my php? pages in the major engines? I am trying to get right near the top and have usually succeeded with html (php is new to me!) 2. If I later do convert to html in a few months after submitting the php pages I guess the spiders may regard these html pages as identical to the earlier php pages and not index them? Thank you for your help
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HelenDev
msg:1290501 | 12:12 pm on Mar 24, 2004 (gmt 0) |
| If I later do convert to html in a few months after submitting the php pages I guess the spiders may regard these html pages as identical to the earlier php pages and not index them? |
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I started my site with .shtml pages and switched to php a few weeks afterward. Most spiders seemed to have no problems with this and overwrote the old pages with the new, as it were. However, Ask.co.uk are still trying to send people to the old pages, so I kind of wish I'd used .php right from the outset and not had to change.
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