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[EAHunt]

We have gathered hundreds of links in a tightly themed catagorized database. We want to generate the links on the fly with an asp program from the database. Will this kind of page do as well an static page type directory

[taxpod]

My experience with asp pages that use a single variable is they do get indexed and generally do as well as flat pages. However, multiple variable pages do not seem to fair as well. I suggest that you consider using an ISAPI rewrite program so your URLs are presented as if they were flat pages.

[korkus2000]

I assume you are using query strings. I agree with everything taxpod has said. I would also look at using the FSO to create pages from the database or have pages for each catagory that pulls the dynamic data. If you use one page to do everything then you will have problems getting most of them indexed.

[ukgimp]

Providing you do not have monster querystrings this type of thing is fine. If you can keep the parameters down to one variable

eg

foo.asp?id=10

then these types of page are fine. I have had success with dynamic pages from dynamic pages with all being indexed. Use dynmamic titles as well for more benefit.

Remember that pages that are generated server side, as ASP is, appear to static (to an extent).

HTH and was not too all over the place :) Rushed typing.