for example:
www.example.asp
vs.
www.example.asp?linkid=blahblah
Would the 2 above be considered different by SEs? Are there any other drawbacks we should consider in using the 2nd version?
feedback appreciated!
Pam
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Will Appending Querystring Elements To A Url Affect Seo Rankings?
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Pamela
, Feb 02 2009 12:40 PM
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Posted 02 February 2009 - 01:03 PM
It's a problem if both URLs result in the same page of content, and you allow both URLs to be indexed by the search engines.
Ideally, you want to provide search engines with only one URL to any piece of content.
Ideally, you want to provide search engines with only one URL to any piece of content.
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Posted 02 February 2009 - 01:10 PM
QUOTE(Jill @ Feb 2 2009, 12:03 PM) 
It's a problem if both URLs result in the same page of content, and you allow both URLs to be indexed by the search engines.
Ideally, you want to provide search engines with only one URL to any piece of content.
Ideally, you want to provide search engines with only one URL to any piece of content.
Thanks Jill. What's the best way to prevent it from being a problem? keep one from being indexed, redirect one to the other, etc?
Regards,
Pam
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Posted 02 February 2009 - 01:18 PM
We've had a number of threads over the years on this subject where the recommendations is to redirect the tracking URLs to the plain vanilla URLs, while catching the referral data in between. I'm not familiar with the technology to do so, but there are other threads, probably in our 301 Redirect Forum. I think Chrishirst and or Randy have discussed it.
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Posted 02 February 2009 - 01:24 PM
QUOTE(Jill @ Feb 2 2009, 12:18 PM)
We've had a number of threads over the years on this subject where the recommendations is to redirect the tracking URLs to the plain vanilla URLs, while catching the referral data in between. I'm not familiar with the technology to do so, but there are other threads, probably in our 301 [url=http://www.highrankings.com/forum/index.php?showforum=61]Redirect Forum[/url]. I think Chrishirst and or Randy have discussed it.
ok makes sense, thank you!
Pam
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