[thelist] Searchable dynamic content

[.jeff]

bill,

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> From: Bill Haenel
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> > > http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news.php
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> > I'm guessing it won't get indexed as the page gets
> > created anew every time its requested. I'm grappling
> > with a similar problem with the intranet I manage.
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not true at all.  it might not get indexed as soon as the content changes,
but it will still get indexed.

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> The issue becomes more critical as I am about to convert
> our current static archive pages to be pulled from the
> DB as well. If those are rendered 'unsearchable' as
> well, our site loses BIG, as there are already about one
> year of archived news stories from our region there, and
> they are intended to be used for many purposes, not the
> least of which being a historical record of our area.
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avoid the conventional query string then.  that will be the bane of search
engine indexing.  keep the question mark, ampersands, and equal signs out of
the url and you're good.

from a user's perspective, the shorter the urls the better.  so, try to
create the dynamic url structure in a way that is easy to remember.  the
best way would be to recreate them using the same urls you're using now.
you get the added benefit of not breaking any of the links.  this should be
doable as there is enough information (month and year) in the url to query
for the stories.

good luck,

.jeff

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