Database Driven Link Pages - Response.redirect

Database Driven Link Pages

[layer8]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if a spider will report accurate data (i.e. index) a site that has a database driven links page?

The line would look something like this:

Response.redirect (“id=123456&sender=1469”)

This ends you up on page x.

Can Google actually work that out as a link, or am I wasting my time?

Look forward to your response

Stewart.

[bcolflesh]

Your ASP code is interpreted and spits out HTML to the requester - as long as it's creating valid HTML/URLs, you are not going to have a problem.

[rustybrick]

The general rule is the simpler the URL the more likely your page will get indexed.

So if you have a URL that read domain.com/page.html, a spider would read it.

but when you start getting into complex dynamic URLs, you run into trouble. i.e. domain.com/page.asp?view=10&section=dskjnd&action=post

why you ask?

here is why.

where there are numerous methods of finding the same product and with an unlimited number of pages (i.e. dynamic pages), how do we get the search engine to find each product and each method of finding that product? Search engines want to keep the number of pages that a site contains to a minimum in order to (1) eliminate duplicate search results with the same content and (2) to make the crawling of the pages efficient.

So in the eyes of a search engine the a page that has a url of /page.php?view=1 is the same as /page.php?view=2 and /page.php?view=3.

[Polarisman]

The simple answer is that it depends. If your page is well designed and directly linked to, my experience is that G will index it.

"So in the eyes of a search engine the a page that has a url of /page.php?view=1 is the same as /page.php?view=2 and /page.php?view=3."

Not exactly. I have many pages that are indexed that are page.asp?id=1, page.asp?id=2, page.asp?id=3, ect.

Each is ranked individually and G is quite clear as to the uniqueness of each page.

In my experience, G indexes well designed dynamic sites designed with .asp, I imagine .php would present no problem.

Many here express opinions without really knowing what they're talking about. Be careful.

[rustybrick]

Polarisman, I know google does index dynamic urls. I have proof on several of my sites.

I was trying to convey a point with my example.

In my first line I say "The general rule is the simpler the URL the more likely your page will get indexed." This infers that domain.com/page.php?view=1 is less complex then domain.com/page.asp?view=10&section=dskjnd&action=post. So the first example would be indexed, and possibly the second. But as the URL gets more complex (i.e. more variables and strings AND let alone session ids) the less chance that page will be indexed.

I was simply trying to convey a point.

I would post an article i wrote on this exact topic, but it would be edited out b/c of the strict TOC in this forum. ;) j/k.

If you want to see the article, please PM.

For apache servers you can remedy this with a mod_rewrite. Not too sure about Windows boxes.

Thanks.

[Net_Wizard]

In my experience, G indexes well designed dynamic sites designed with .asp, I imagine .php would present no problem.

It has no problem with Perl either and by the look of things it might just start following java script links as well.

Cheers