Dynamic menu with parameters - help please.

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    I dynamically generate a menu in code - it generates items like this:

    <a href="Grid.aspx?ID=1234">Computers</a>

    Clicking on a menu item redirects the user to the Grid.aspx (using asp.net but could be any language) and passes in a parameter "1234" which is read by Grid.aspx to display a particular grid.

    Please could someone tell me if this a good idea for SEO, indexing etc? Not sure how to really ask the question but a programmer should know what I mean!

    Thanks for any help.
     
    KowDot, Jul 12, 2006 IP
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    ccoonen Well-Known Member

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    Search engines do index pages that have querystrings... but I would advise using anything but ID, I heard that Search Engines don't like the querystring variable name "ID" Name it something like gridID=....
     
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  3. KowDot

    KowDot Peon

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    Thanks ccoonen - question answered :) I'll change ID to something else.

    I have AdSense on different grids but the majority of the Ads are all the same except for the odd grid which have relevant ads! This is what prompted me to ask the question initially.

    Thanks again.
     
    KowDot, Jul 13, 2006 IP