[RESOLVED] Coding & Google

[gavshouse]

ok hi very new to php and mysql but i have a page that ive made that all content is queried from the database but i have many rows i thought about having a php variable at the top which is echoed into the page where you query the database so it picks the right row but then i thought could i use one php file for all my rows.

Meaning when you click on the link the link is like http://mydomain/row="4" then i could use 1 file for all my rows. i know this will work but will google index those pages even though its one page really just different link makes the data change because of the REQUEST data is in the link you clicked ?

So will google index all my different rows or will it just do the one page ?, because if it will it saves time coping and pasting the php file and changing the WHERE id="1" if you get what i mean

[nemonoman]

There is a huge amount of controversy about this question: google "SEO dynamic links". Officially, however, google and yahoo say they crawl these sorts of links, and in my website, which is set up in a similar fashion, I have found this to be the case.

NOTE: Links written <a href=mymainpage.php?page=1>Some Page</a>

Will get crawled.

Buttons like
"<input type=button onclick=document.location.url='mypage.php?page=1>"
won't.

Google appears to rank links with info higher:
<a href=mymainpage.php?page=1&topic=Catalog of Products>Catalog</a>
appears to get ranked higher than links with a cryptic number only, even if your program simply ignores the extra info.

But what google currently does or doesn't do is subject to constant change.

[gavshouse]

Thanks alot