BLIMEY!!! id parameter isn't indexed by Google

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by cornetto, Aug 7, 2006.

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    I'm new to SEO, so excuse my stupidity, but I just read the Google Webmaster guidelines, and found:

    "Don't use "&id=" as a parameter in your URLs, as we don't include these pages in our index." :eek:

    I didn't know this, and I suspect that a lot of online shops don't know it too. Is it only true for exactly the parameter name "id", or do "sid", "pid", "product_id" etc get ignored too? If so, I need to change my website in a hurry!
     
    cornetto, Aug 7, 2006 IP
  2. 50plus

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    I have productid, menID, catID and they are all indexed.
    It seems to be that id= with nothing else is a problem.
     
    50plus, Aug 7, 2006 IP
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    The main problem is when this id= represents a session ID. Each time the bot follows a link, it gets a new session ID and it revisits the same page again and again, each time with a new session ID.

    Jean-Luc
     
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    Matt Cutt said use mod rewrite aovid session ID in his newest video.
     
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    ?id is fine, plenty of sites use it.

    Session id's are not fine though.
     
    mad4, Aug 7, 2006 IP