# PHP pages and search engines

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-pages-and-search-engines/259910>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [May 10, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-pages-and-search-engines/259910 "2008-05-10T01:36:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Nick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Nick](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Nick)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-pages-and-search-engines/259910/1 "2008-05-10T01:36:32Z")

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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](http://mysite.com?page=1) will load article 1, [mysite.com?page=2](http://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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**Author:** ![chrisclick](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/chrisclick/32/1991_2.png) [@chrisclick](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chrisclick)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-pages-and-search-engines/259910/2 "2008-05-10T11:41:15Z")

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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](http://mysite.com?page=1) prettier by making it [mysite.com/page/1](http://mysite.com/page/1)

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

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**Author:** ![simplistik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/simplistik/32/7747_2.png) [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-pages-and-search-engines/259910/3 "2008-05-10T12:20:59Z")

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

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**Author:** ![Nick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Nick](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Nick)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-pages-and-search-engines/259910/4 "2008-05-10T23:48:15Z")

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