Hi, I have doubts in page link... I love to use mysql database and php so most of my site link are just: http://www.mysite.com/page=56&cid=78 This kind of link will not be in search engines right? What if I change to something like: http://www.mysite.com/page=56&cid=food&entertainment Will the second link be better in search engines? Please kindly advice thank you.
You should use modrewrite to change those long ugly urls into something shorter that the search engines will like better: http://www.mysite.com/page=56&cid=food&entertainment can be changed to http://www.mysite.com/Food/page56.html You have to write some lines of code in your .htaccess file for this to work, I do not know how. I think member "nintendo" posted a thread with instructions once, so be sure to look for it.
yes the use of a mod rewrite in this case will improve your links to make them more user and SE friendly and help in getting your pages indexed faster.