Re: The google spider

From: Mike Samec <mike_at_huget.com>
Date: Tue 14 Sep 2004 10:32:59 -0500

Leon Mergen <leon_at_antrophia.com> wrote:

> some people tell me they online spider .html pages, other
> people tell me that they online spider pages that don't have a
> query string (index.php?foo=bar&wom=bat), and other people
> tell me that they 'detect' whether the page is static or dynamic,
> and they only spider static pages.

Google, along with most of the other major engine spiders
can handle a variety of pages beyond html including .pdf
files, Word, Excel and Flash files. They also can handle
dynamic pages. However, some query strings including those
with session ids can still cause problems.

>Is anyone able to tell me what to do to make sure google spiders
>my pages?

Start with unique focused content. If ranking in the engines
is important. Rewrite the query string at the server level
to remove '?", '#' and such. How you rewrite the query
string depends on your server. You can search "mod-rewrite"
for more specifics.


Mike Samec
HUGET MARKETING & ADVERTISING

www.huget.com








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