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Re: Dynamic Linking with PHP

Quote:
Originally Posted by plutonium83
Note: Google does not like pages that use this script. However, you can use the apache mod_rewrite module to change the url to be more cache friendly. I'm not quite sure how to do this.
um.. I might be wrong in a few cases, but in general, google and other search engines have no problem with that type of url. (The part after the ? is called the "query" as i recall). The exception to this is when you add a session id to the end of the url. This is normally a bunch of random letters/numbers (exe: ?sid=k01f4e24as2d) and would be used to track a user across a website when cookies weren't avialable. Becuase this session id would change on every page load, this would generate an infinate series of loops for a search engine, and therefore they won't spider the page.

About mod_rewrite.. my favorite part of the apache manual is this:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Apache manual
``The great thing about mod_rewrite is it gives you all the configurability and flexibility of Sendmail. The downside to mod_rewrite is that it gives you all the configurability and flexibility of Sendmail.''
-- Brian Behlendorf
Apache Group
`` Despite the tons of examples and docs, mod_rewrite is voodoo. Damned cool voodoo, but still voodoo. ''
-- Brian Moore
bem@news.cmc.net
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html

Sorry, mod_rewrite is crazy for me too.. takes me forever to accomplish anything whenever i try to use it.

Good luck!

Jack
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