Single page content indexing

Hi all,

Basically I'm redesigning my site and planning on having 1 page index.php which then feeds the content in depending on the page the user wants to view so for example I might have an about link which would actually be something like:



And then either a lookup in a reference table in the db or simply doing:



to get the content.

Now my question is, will all the content still be indexed by search engines and will this have any impact on that side of things... Search engine placement and all???

search engines won't usually be able to index all your pages that way i believe, best way is to map out all you links in a nice page that shows everything.

you can make that page in PHP as well, not too difficult.

If the bot can (or will) follow the links, it will index the content. Which bots will follow when, why, how, etc, is an SEO question. I can move this there if you'd like.

Yeah that’s what I though. If a link leads to content the bot should go there and index it.... Will create a site map page too to make the bots life easier, but I think this should be ok... Feel free to move it there, if you think I will get more relevant information.


cheers.

Moved from PHP to SEO ...


Remember that a bot sees the same HTML as a browser, it just handles it differently.

Most SE bots have got no problem following dynamic links or indexing dynamic pages. But there are a few points to remember...

Google does limit indexing dynamic pages (pages with ?var=value on them) so they don't crash high-load servers. this is plainly written on their webmaster section.

Any variables that you use should NEVER include the letters "id" as that is seen as a session ID, and those pages are usually disregarded. Even something like "u_id" is to be avoided at all costs.

If you want to go high-tech on it, look at rewriting the URL's to make them SE friendly. It's not that hard to do when you get into it, but can take a bit of work to get there, but still well worth the effort.

maybe you could use a sitemap and edit your .htaccess

Could you be a bit more specific? What, exactly, is s/he suppose to add to .htaccess to make the site more SE friendly?

I am not a hero when it comes to .htaccess

But the thought would be


I make the assumption that all the pages are known by steve101 and can be put in a sitemap.

Just a thought

I don't think that naming all the pages index.php is a good idea. Best case scenario, you are loosing out on the opportunity to have keywords in the page title. Worst case scenario, the bot may say "I already indexed index.php, no need to go back there".

You might want to look at mod_rewrite if you want all your pages goind through the same script. Or you can include the script at the top of all your files.

Use mod rewrites to solve that problem. Your page will appear to search engines like:

www.yoursite.com/about.html

Using mod rewrites is a standard and very effective technique in boosting search engine rankings.