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How do search engines treat query strings?

Do search engines treat different page.php?querystring's differently than different pages (e.g. page1.php vs page2.php)?

I've heard it recommended to have different pages in these cases for SEO purposes.. Any reason behind that?

Solution

  • Pages with query strings are not as easy to read, and remember. To my knowledge, Google does not treat query strings any differently than urls like page1.php.

    The whole SEO issue is that it is easier to use and remember urls like

    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6406236/how-do-search-engines-treat-query-strings

    than

    http://stackoverflow.com/index.php?questions=6406236&name=how-do-search-engines-treat-query-strings.