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most of the search engines cannot or don't want to index sites with dynamic URL.

Dynamic URLs are used in sites based on databases, CMS or sites using scripts.
What the search engines don't like is the part following "?", the so-called QUERY_STRING.
A URL containing any of the following characters is not something the search engines like:

? & % + = $ cgi-bin .cgi

If a URL includes one of those characters it will probably not get indexed.

Spiders will certainly read the first part of the URL, so be sure that your page works even without certain parameters.

Avoid long strings like:

page.asp?var1=a&var2=b&var3=c

If your site is generated dynamically, then you should use the technique of URL-rewrite, like:

http://www.yoursite.com.au/page.asp?var1=a&var2=b

to transform it as

http://www.yoursite.com.au/page.html/var1/a/var2/b

In any case, it is not a good thing to do: the shorter the URL, the better. Tags:dynamic url search engine site

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Sites with dynamic URL

most of the search engines cannot or don't want to index sites with dynamic URL.

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