# PHP/MySQL - Adding Unneccessary Information to Requested URL

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**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [April 17, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-mysql-adding-unneccessary-information-to-requested-url/222795 "2007-04-17T01:11:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-mysql-adding-unneccessary-information-to-requested-url/222795/1 "2007-04-17T01:11:39Z")

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I have a series of photo galleries being accessed using php/mysql.

If I want to link to, say, **gallery/?id=5** (or in the case of the clean apache urls, **gallery/5** ) … is there any advantage in adding the gallery name to the link url for search engines? that is, \*\*gallery/?id=5&name=My-Photo-Gallery \*\*(or **gallery/5/My-Photo-Gallery** ) even though the name isn’t actually required to display the page?

Just wondering if its a waste of time to add the name to the url, or should I just be accessing them only through the specific ids…

thanks.