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Wednesday, October 25, 2006
As the web continues to change and evolve, our algorithms change right along with it. Recently, as a result of one of those algorithmic changes, we've modified our webmaster guidelines. Previously, these stated: Don't use "id=" as a parameter in your URLs, as we don't include these pages in our index.
However, we've recently removed that technical guideline, and now index URLs that contain that parameter. So if your site uses a dynamic structure that generates it, don't worry about rewriting it—we'll accept it just fine as is. Keep in mind, however, that dynamic URLs with a large number of parameters may be problematic for search engine crawlers in general, so rewriting dynamic URLs into user-friendly versions is always a good practice when that option is available to you. If you can, keeping the number of URL parameters to one or two may make it more likely that search engines will crawl your dynamic urls.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],[],[],["The search engine's algorithm has been updated, and a previous guideline stating that URLs with \"id=\" parameters were excluded from indexing has been removed. Now, URLs with this parameter are indexed. While the engine accepts such URLs, websites using dynamic URLs with many parameters may still face crawling issues. It is advisable to rewrite dynamic URLs into user-friendly formats and limit the number of parameters to enhance crawlability.\n"]]
