Originally Posted by _sam_

Hello Marcie,

I think, the strange URL returned by your spider simulator is a problem of that particular tool. Search engines can handle such types of URLs.

It is true, however, that they don't like them, especially if there is more than one parameter. What you could do, if the site runs Apache, is to use mod_rewrite to hide the parameters in something that looks like a filename. I'm sure other major http server can do the same, but I know only Apache.

best regards

Sam