It's official - Google says don't use "&id=" to get Maximum Crawl!

Lord Brar · #1 (**permalink**) 06-10-2005, 11:19 PM

Here's what GoogleGuy (Google's Rep) had to say at WebMaster World.

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Originally Posted by GoogleGuy

I've been aching for a long time to mention somewhere official that sites shouldn't use "&id=" as a parameter if they want maximal Googlebot crawlage, for example. So many sites use "&id=" with session IDs that Googlebot usually avoids urls with that parameter, but we've only mentioned that here and on a few other places.

RWA · #2 (**permalink**) 06-11-2005, 05:31 PM

If you want to see the article directly, you have to sign up to see it.

stymiee · #3 (**permalink**) 06-11-2005, 06:04 PM

I'm glad they officially said it. Real SEOers have always known that but newbies have been insisting that it hasn't been true. Not maybe they'll shut up (at least about that).

Lord Brar · #4 (**permalink**) 06-11-2005, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by RWA

If you want to see the article directly, you have to sign up to see it.

No Sir! I am still not logged in and able to see it.

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Originally Posted by Stymiee

I'm glad they officially said it. Real SEOers have always known that but newbies have been insisting that it hasn't been true. Not maybe they'll shut up (at least about that).

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