Chris_H - 3:30 pm on Jul 18, 2006 (gmt 0)

Googlebot does not have direct access to your database, just the pages that are generated by server side code that pulls data from the database, such as ASP/PHP etc.

In order to ensure that these pages are spidered effectively, you need to take a crash course in basic Search Engine Optimisation, as this is the key to ensuring that Google and other spiders are able to index all your pages.

Make sure that you read the search engine's webmaster guidelines thoroughly before creating your site, think long and hard about navigation, and once built, create an XML sitemap and submit it to Google.

Then get some decent, on-theme links from related sites, and wait for the search engine spiders to find your site.

Bear in mind that it can take some time to index millions of pages, so be very patient. It can take weeks, months or even years to index a site in full.

Of course, bear in mind useability throughout this process. Ensure you design your site for your users, and not the search engines. Put on a white hat and don't take it off. Ever ;)