Re: The question mark in the URL

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Re: The question mark in the URL

From Jim on 31 March '98
adding to The question mark in the URL posted by Steve Braun

>I have had submissions rejected on the spot by Alta Vista and Yahoo! Is it because there is a question mark (?) in my URL?

Yes.

If you have a question mark, it probably means
the page is being generated by a database, and
chances are it's being shown 'on the fly'.

Whatever the reason, most robots won't index a
URL with a question mark in it.

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Reply:	>>I have had submissions rejected on the spot by Alta Vista and Yahoo! Is it because there is a question mark (?) in my URL? >Yes. >If you have a question mark, it probably means >the page is being generated by a database, and >chances are it's being shown 'on the fly'. >Whatever the reason, most robots won't index a >URL with a question mark in it.