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? in url does this hurt

? in url

         

ogletree

2:13 pm on Apr 22, 2003 (gmt 0)

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I use a content management system that the front page is domain.com/default.asp that immediately directs to domain.com/bin/site/wrappers/splash.asp?NC=4640X. Could this cause any problems with my PR or SERPS.

RonPK

2:38 pm on Apr 22, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Google has no problems with the question mark.

I'd be more concerned about the redirect: if I'm correct, Google objects to redirects with status code "302 Moved temporarily".

takagi

2:40 pm on Apr 22, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Does a '?' in URL hurt ranking in SERPs?
No. But with dynamic pages you should avoid:
- extreme long query strings (part after the question mark)
- very slow response
- the ID parameter (like news.asp?ID=5432)
- duplicate content because of different order in parameters ('tourism.asp?country=3&lang=en' and also 'tourism.asp?lang=en&country=3')