PHP pages and search engines

programming
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Hello everybody,

I’m planning to build a site which will have several pages. However, the contents of each page will loaded from a database depending on the “GET” variable in the address bar. (i.e. mysite.com?page=1 will load article 1, mysite.com?page=2 will load article 2 etc…). Will a search engine be able to find and index all the pages on my site if I use this scheme?

Thanks,

  • Nick
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I think it will be able to search, but why not consider mod_rewrite?

It would make mysite.com?page=1 prettier by making it mysite.com/page/1

for example:
http://strokemymouse.com/re/cat/5
is the same as
http://strokemymouse.com/re/index.php?cat=5

3

As long as you have a link to it, it will be able to find it.

4

Thanks for your replies! The mod_rewrite thing looks pretty cool. It’s much better looking.