Q Parameters

[DanSpeicher]

I'm having several site issues and I want to see if the Q parameter in the URL is the issue.

Both of these index. Any capitalization combination brings up another indexed page:

http://www.website.com/index.php?q=contact-us.

and

http://www.website.com/index.php?q=cOntact-us

The other issue is Google crawl errors. The website has received increasingly more spam crawl errors. I've read that this is a common issue and most likely is a Google Bot problem. Would removing the q parameter fix this entirely?

Here is an example:

http://www.website/index.php?q=uk-cheap-chloe-bay-bag-wholesale-shoes

[AdoptionHelp]

Using a parameter to determine which page to bring up is problematic.

Search engines are getting better at crawling these types of URLs, but why leave anything to chance? And from the human perspective a traditional static URL is lightyears better.

Which is easier for you to tell a friend about?

coolsite.com/neat-article or coolsite.com/index.php?q=neat-article

[DanSpeicher]

Thanks Ryan. I'm going to remove the parameters. I'm glad these issues are related.