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Originally Posted by mrmylesdean
Just wondering why you stated "...careful if you're using ASP, PHP, CGI for your links pages." when it comes to link indexing. Haven't head of this one yet.
/Myles
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I know I'm butting in here, but I **THINK** this might be a reference to being careful about linking to dynamically-delivered content overall...asp, php, cgi, etc. Dynamically delivered pages are written on-the-fly based on an individual's instruction to a database. Because the content changes for each request, dynamic pages tend not to get spidered by the major search engines. Further, dynamic formats often deliver pages with "?" in the title, and spiders don't read addresses with "?"....better to have them be delivered as static pages, or html, or use ASAPI or third party software to convert them to "/" pages.
(Please feel free to correct me if I misunderstood the writer's original intention...I know forum folks aren't shy!)
I have a related issue right now: on Friday, a client changed all his static html pages to asp pages (the reason - so that he could put "includes" in the design that made each page have the same look and feel. I know, I know. . .you can do it in plain old html. . . I'm still struggling with why he felt this was necessary.)
By Monday, we noticed that his page views (but not his # of visitors) dropped significantly. I'm puzzled by why this is happening...any thoughts?
I'm also curious...anybody have a good argument for using asp, cgi, php, etc. to deliver static pages??
Thanks!