how to make one php page into a static page for spiders

MacKlamm

Does anyone know how I can make just one of my pages (Links.php3) into a static page so that spiders can follow it? I have this to exchange links with other sites but many refuse cos they say it is not search engine friendly nor static, and spiders do not follow the link?

Please help.

Thank you in advance.

MacKlamm

TheIceman5

Links.html

elskan

You gotta laugh at that one!

MacKlamm

I've tried that but my headers don't work for the buttons and the numbering goes on the php/mysql

superwormy

The only 'dynamic' pages that search engines don't like are links with big huge query strings, ie something like:

http://www.domainname.com/folder/page.php?sessionid=2398729387290836723&var1=value1&var2=value2&etc

The reason they dislike this is because of things like session IDs, a spider can't tell the difference between the session ID and the variables being passed to display the page.

If its just /links.php, then yes, its static, and yes, search engines will spider it. And yes, anyone who tells you otherwise is on crack.

You can fool search engines by turning query strings into something that looks like folders, for instance, heres a site I made:

http://floridajukido.com/i/cmd/mainnews

/i is the pagename, while /cmd/mainnews are querystring varialbes, disguised as folders using Apache's ForceType declarations. You can do this with URL rewriting and mod_rewrite as well.

superwormy

Also, TheIceman5's post was pointless.

The file extension HAS NO AFFECT WHAT-SO-EVER as far as whether or not a page is static or dynamic, or ANYTHING. With Apache and most other webservers you can disguise any file extension as anything else. You can write PHP scripts with .htm extensions, .html or even .asp! And there's no way anyone else will ever know the difference!

MacKlamm

Thank you very much, that is interesting to know. The site was made by a French student who has gone back to France and I now have to learn php and try to do things so your advise is very much appreciated. Thank you again. The link is only mydomainname/php/Links.php3, and I will leave it as is then and not change it, jic...

crosbystillsnas

i have just made good experience with mod_rewrite (->superwormy), using the most important keywords in the url.

so in case you are dealing with new cars you can rewrite your url like:

^new_cars/fast_cars/(.*)/(.*)/$   /index.php3?topic1=$1&topic2=$2

an dealing with oldtimers as well you can use another

^oldtimers/old_cars/(.*)/(.*)/$   /index.php3?topic1=$1&topic2=$2

seems to be good for the ranking.