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I'm building a site with many dynamically created URLs. Basically I have categories and subcategories and I format my link "category/subcategory", however only index.php is being used and content is generated according to the selected categories. There are no direct links to each and every category/subcategory (the generated URL is SEO friendly, no GET parameters whatsoever), I'm trying to achieve a minimalistic design so adding links in bulk is not really an option. Will Google and other search engines be able to index my dynamic pages? The pages are reachable through a select tool where the user can select and/or search for the required categories. I hope i managed to explain my problem properly if not I will try to add some pictures.

Thanks for the responses!

Answer 1

Why don't you generate a sitemap file form the database and upload that. The search engines, will most likely be able to use that instead. Then you have some control.

Example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> 
 <urlset xmlns="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84"     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"     xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84     http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84/sitemap.xsd">
 <url>
     <loc>http://www.smart-it-consulting.com/</loc> 
     <lastmod>2005-06-04T00:00:00+00:00</lastmod> 
     <changefreq>monthly</changefreq> 
     <priority>0.6</priority> 
 </url>
 <url>
     <loc>http://www.smart-it-consulting.com/database/progress-database-design-guide/</loc> 
     <lastmod>2005-06-04T00:00:00+00:00</lastmod> 
     <changefreq>monthly</changefreq> 
     <priority>1.0</priority> 
 </url>
 <url>
     <loc>http://www.smart-it-consulting.com/catindex.htm?node=2</loc> 
     <lastmod>2005-05-31T00:00:00+00:00</lastmod> 
     <priority>0.5</priority> 
 </url>
 <url>
     <loc>http://www.smart-it-consulting.com/what-is-new.htm</loc> 
     <lastmod>2005-06-04T08:31:12+00:00</lastmod> 
     <changefreq>daily</changefreq> 
     <priority>1.0</priority> 
 </url>

PFE: http://www.smart-it-consulting.com/article.htm?node=133&page=37 (as per comments)

Answer 2

More important than a sitemap, are links. Allow me to elaborate... My concern from your description is this part:

The pages are reachable through a select tool where the user can select and/or search for the required categories.

Search engines, Google included, don't know these are "dynamic" URLs, nor do they care. The #1 absolute best practice you can/should do to improve SEO is having good, easy to follow, navigation, this includes links. Not a "select" control. Links. I can't stress this enough! You can still achieve a drop-down effect if that's what you want for your UX, only the markup has to include links. A common implementation is to use a list of links, then do with that list what you wish.

A few articles highlighting the importance of good links and navigation for SEO:

• http://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo/growing-popularity-and-links
• http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2280170/Why-Links-Remain-Critical-to-SEO-Success

One of hundreds of list-to-dropdown solutions that should fix your SEO issue, without changing your UX:

• http://css-tricks.com/convert-menu-to-dropdown/