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Re: cgi-bin From David A on 12 June '00 replying to cgi-bin posted by peter laurie >Hi >Our site runs entirely from scripts that live in a cgi-bin directory. >I understand that some spiders don't like to see 'cgi-bin' in a URL, so I've aliased this to 'bin'. Does anyone know if that would put them off? Spiders don't care about directory structure but they will not index arguements, '?' '&' etc. www.mysite.com/cgi-bin/somepage.htm OK www.mysite.com/cgi-bin/somepage.cgi?product=1&product2=5 NO www.mysite.com/cgi-bin/somepage.cgi I don't know.

Re: cgi-bin - peter laurie - 16/06/00

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>>Hi >>Our site runs entirely from scripts that live in a cgi-bin directory. >>I understand that some spiders don't like to see 'cgi-bin' in a URL, so I've aliased this to 'bin'. Does anyone know if that would put them off? > >Spiders don't care about directory structure but they will not index arguements, '?' '&' etc. > >www.mysite.com/cgi-bin/somepage.htm OK >www.mysite.com/cgi-bin/somepage.cgi?product=1&product2=5 NO >www.mysite.com/cgi-bin/somepage.cgi I don't know.