Hi,
I have been waiting for over a month now for google to index my new site to no avail 🙁

It has indexed the index page but nothing else.
I have .php category pages on my site which hold the dynamic links to the individual product pages.

Adult_DVDs.php

http://www.domain.com/view.php?id=4

I just read somewhere that google doesnt like the id= variable and that may be why it hasnt indexed the pages ??

Is there any truth in that ?

If so would it help to make the dynamic urls look like this instead:
http://www.domain.com/view.php&page=4

Not that i know how to do that 😉

    Disclaimer: I'm not an SEO expert (but then again who really is?).

    Google says if you have to use dynamic urls, keep them short. That means, http://www.domain.com/view.php?id=4 is not a problem but http://www.domain.com/view.php?id=4&type=49343&this=that&that=this&those=these might be a problem. Just because you have a dynamic URL though doesn't mean google wont index it. Look at these forums for example. Do a search for anything PHP and theres a good chance they come up.

    So all that said, yes its better to have static url's if you can but short dynamic urls shouldnt be an issue either.

      You do have a sitemap that links to every page in your site linked from the index page right? If you use forms to navigate and build the dynamic pages, the gbot won't follow them. You have to be able to access every page on your site via a text link.

      I have tons and tons of pages in Google that are in that format, and some with even longer urls. Be patient, work on your inbound links. The more important google thinks your site is, the bigger hurry it will be in to index the whole thing.

      There are some great SEO forums at http://www.ihelpyouservices.com/forums/

        Thanks for the feedback guys, much appreciated 🙂

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