Dynamic Content & SEO

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by djrishi, May 12, 2007.

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    I am running a career site.

    I am planning to make certain pages which will have a static url (without any query string) but content would be retrieved from database & dynamically generated.

    How Google Takes Dynamic Database Driven content vis-à-vis static content?
    Which is better Dynamic Content or Static Content?
     
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  2. Bagi Zoltán

    Bagi Zoltán Well-Known Member

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    I think they are equal, since there is no difference in their html code if you use mod rewrite.
     
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  3. alemcherry

    alemcherry Guest

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    If you use mod-rewrite and create static looking URL, there will not be any differnce.
    Even dynamic URLS are okay now. I don't think google gives much differnce between the two. There was a time when static looking URLS had a real advantage, but that is not the case any more. There might be some small benefits, thats it. Also, if you create URLs like How_to_add_keywords_to_url_for_Seo.HTML kind of URLs, there is a risk of spam penalty.
     
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    There is no difference between dynamic content from PHP and static content, as long as it is parsed well, google doesn't see the difference as far as i k now.
     
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    stOx Notable Member

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    dynamic pages and html pages are indexed and ranked exactly the same.. Just make sure you don't use a string that looks like a session id. i.e. id=87hbf764fyhb3fg7348gf95
     
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    ouromarketing Peon

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    Some time ago, dynamical URLs with one query (e.g. blahblah.php?widgets=blue) were ok, but more was not.

    Most likely, now even several queries look ok.

    And if URLs are static, there is no problem at all.
     
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    Technically dynamic pages are not "pages" but we can call them pages as they appear as "web page" to surfer. Also, it's a matter of debate that which is better, Dynamic contents or Static ones :) All depends upon the requirements of the site.

    Example #1: A site need frequent updates may use a CMS to update it's contents. Here dynamic is better.

    Example #2: A site has fixed information and nothing need to update, a static site is better.

    Your case: You have a static site and like to display dynamic contents to a particular location of your home page. A nice idea, this way SE's will get always some fresh updates. They simply love this :) But be sure to update your dynamic contents on regular intervals.

    it's also a myth [for me] that SE's dont index dynamic URL's and one required to apply Mod_rewrite rule to create static URL's. I feel SE's do index them. :D
     
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    Of course they index dynamic sites. You only have to look at google to see that. They index DP and phpbb.com and they rank well.
     
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    google will index both of them but static urls will crawl and index with faster time than dynamic urls. using sitemap is also big criteria for better index
     
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