Ok, did I get this right ? 🙁
I use php with mysql to create pages using a one-page php template.
Note: the data (articles) is stored in the database my 3rd party writers who are using a form page I created to submit the articles.
The links on the main pages are in this format:
<a href="http://mypage.php?art=2301&dflt=2201">Tulips</a>
<a href="http://mypage.php?art=2302&dflt=2201">Crocus</a>
etc
(read in from mysql)
Now (to my great frustration) I understand that search engines will ignore (skip) above links ?? :mad:
Is this correct ?
Will search engines skip the page because of the ? and & or simply because it is a php file ? or both ?
so what is my options ?
here is what I can think of:
- our webhost run php on an apache server, so I assume I can use the file commands to create a 'dummy' webpage at time of storing the article which in turn loads the shell (template) php page (mypage.php in above example) but which has a full name, such as:
http://mydomain.com/articles/article002002.php
E.g. the above pages would only consist of one line loading the template file and the passing information about the article and default setting parameters. I would then echo these links to the webpages instead of the links with the ? and &.
Will this be enough to circumvent the problem ?
Note: I do not want to get into cashe of files, but looking for someway to circumvent the problems with search engines.
Finally, is php extentions a problem for search engines in general ? Should I use apache handlers to set, say, .htm files to load as php files also ? or is php files handled ok by search engines ?
Thanks
Kenneth
