RE: [PHP] Googlebot (not another rtfm-mail)

Doing that work just fine but you have to send the right heading. My sites that do that have header("HTTP/1.0 200 OK"); as the first instruction and are very well indexed by Google Olwen Williams olwen.williams@safeair.co.nz -- -----Original Message----- From: Chris Hayes [mailto:chayes@antenna.nl] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 1:04 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Googlebot (not another rtfm-mail) At 17:58 28-1-04, you wrote: >On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 11:51:06 -0500, Michael Mulligan wrote: > > Googlebot visits my site occasionally and follows a lot of my PHP links > > with long query strings... >same here, google has been indexing my php site for over 3 years now :) I find the google site is NOT very helpful for PHP guidelines, considering my experiences. I used the error_document 404 redirect trick to use short links and it took some time to realise that Google boycotted that, probably because it gets a 404. Also links with a long parameter string of (5 parameters, >30 characters) were ignored. As far as I could see Google only indexed 1 index.php page. So I had to overhaul the whole link logic of my cms. I now use mod_rewrite too. But I have seen sites with only an one parameter (?ID=11) being indexed. Be aware that javascript links and form buttons are unlikely to be indexed. Chris -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php ____________________________________________________________________ CAUTION - This message may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error please notify Safe Air Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Safe Air. _____________________________________________________________________ For more information on the Safe Air Group, visit us online at http://www.safeair.co.nz/ _____________________________________________________________________