[selowitch]

On this page, we are told:

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

I am guilty of this infraction, but I would swear that my pages with "&id" in the URL are indeed indexed. To wit, if you execute: this search, The first listing is for a Barridoff Galleries page with — you guessed it — "&id" in the URL. What gives, do you suppose, gang?

EDIT: Actually, it turns out I use "?id=", not "&id". Does this mean I'm in the clear?

[Tomchu]

? begins the first of URL-passed variables. The & allows you to add more. If you were using a single variable:

http://somesite.com/index.php?name=Tom

If you wanted to use multiple variables:

http://somesite.com/index.php?name=Tom&city=Vancouver&age=20

I don't see why Google would index a site with a single variable of the name 'id' in its URL, but not if 'id' is one of a few other variables.

[selowitch]

Originally Posted by Tomchu

? begins the first of URL-passed variables. The & allows you to add more. If you were using a single variable:

http://somesite.com/index.php?name=Tom

If you wanted to use multiple variables:

http://somesite.com/index.php?name=T...ver&age=20

You're correct, of course. Thanks for reminding me/clarifying for others.

I don't see why Google would index a site with a single variable of the name 'id' in its URL, but not if 'id' is one of a few other variables.

Nor do I. It seems a little bit preachy as a matter of style on their part and not grounded in a real technical issue.

[Tomchu]

Hmm ...

At this point, I'm willing to bet that it's merely a typo/written ambiguously, and we're misinterpreting it, or that Google is off its rocker.

[selowitch]

Originally Posted by Tomchu

At this point, I'm willing to bet that it's merely a typo/written ambiguously, and we're misinterpreting it, or that Google is off its rocker.

I'd write to Google and ask them which of the two it is, but I'd probably never get a real response.

[makad]

google do rank

but the ranking process is slow in that case ..
and lesser number of url are being ranked ..


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[selowitch]

You know what else I don't understand? My website gets only three results when I do a Google search for inbound links, even though I know that there are many more than that. What gives? Should I submit URLs of places I know are linking to us, or is that a waste of time?

[jay3ld]

if im not mistaken i think you can do ; in ur urls instead of &
I think they do the same.
edit:
Yea. my forums does it. and it works just fine.

[selowitch]

This still doesn't answer my original question: If "&id=" is forbidden by Google, does that mean other strings, like "?id=" are implicitly legal?

[registered_user]

I inherited a site with ?id=X in many of the URIs and despite the site's high page rank, most of the pages are not indexed. Or at least they don't seem to be after some casual googling. Interesting.