using a file path instead of a querystring

will it affect googling?

[httpwebwitch]

This is related to a previous question where I suspected that my querystring variables are affecting Google indexing.

I believe there is a way to manipulate .htaccess so that I can store variables in the file path, instead of in a "?" delimited querystring. For example:

myjournal.htm?date=2003-10-01

can be changed to

myjournal_2003-10-01.htm

I haven't tried it yet, but I think it is possible to do that. The script "myjournal.htm" will still be handling all the requests, but it will accept requests as compound file names instead of using the "?" delimited querystring.

Will this strategy improve Google's tolerance of dynamically-generated pages? It's not cloaking, and it's not deceitful, and it will be unnoticeable since those pages are generated from an archived source that does not change between visits.

[mikemcs]

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[hanan_cohen]

Look here:

CGI Parameters and Google
How I tricked Google to index my site.

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