Why, can you please explain?
Sure! We all are know how to check whether or not a search engine, in this case, Google, indexes a page correctly. I will use my site's URLs to explain what SEF URL should be. To do so, I will use the search keyword like;
Why there's no evidence? You can try it, and if you care about SEO and have been learning SEO, you must be knowing why string '?" in a URL isn't good for SEO.Lumpy Burgertushie wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 4:40 pm not to start this up again, but there is absolutely no evidence that google etc. has any problem with dynamic urls like phpbb uses . ( and just about every other software like it. )
years ago, that was true but search engines have learned a lot since then.
Oh, come on..!bottom line, this is simply not anything you need to worry about. if you don't believe it, ask google.
This is because Google respects Cananical URL: https://support.google.com/webmasters/a ... 9066?hl=enjanurmas wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 5:01 am...
But what if a single webpage URL with the string "?" on it. Google doesn't recognize any string(s) after the "?". Take for example this page's URL I checked on Google. It won't show a specified web page. Instead, the search results are all pages from this site that contains all strings before the string "?". Look at this;
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It means Google ignore all strings after "?" because it's probably a string for a dynamic web page. I don't know. Phpbb would be much better if not using the string "?" for a static page. I gonna make 2 community forums on different URLs but since the first time I installed phpbb couple weeks ago, I should postpone it because I haven't found any solution to make it SEF URLs. Phpbb is a good forum software that meets my requirements in terms of ease-of-use and board features compared to other free open source forum platforms. But unfortunately, it's not SEF. Mannn, come on, you need these SEF URLs to feature on phpbb and watch phpbb users increasing. Believe me! But probably you don't want it. Thanks!
Yes, Google respects all canonical URLs. But if you read that reference thoroughly, making a site with too many url versions without a <link> tag for a single page will increase the crawling time. It means not good for SEO. I know you guys will always insist to say that Phpbb URLs are better for SEO compared to other CMSes. It's up to you. I think I gonna buy Xenforo or Vbulletin. Those two forum platforms are much better than phpbb.Peter77sx wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 10:13 pmThis is because Google respects Cananical URL: https://support.google.com/webmasters/a ... 9066?hl=enjanurmas wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 5:01 am...
But what if a single webpage URL with the string "?" on it. Google doesn't recognize any string(s) after the "?". Take for example this page's URL I checked on Google. It won't show a specified web page. Instead, the search results are all pages from this site that contains all strings before the string "?". Look at this;
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It means Google ignore all strings after "?" because it's probably a string for a dynamic web page. I don't know. Phpbb would be much better if not using the string "?" for a static page. I gonna make 2 community forums on different URLs but since the first time I installed phpbb couple weeks ago, I should postpone it because I haven't found any solution to make it SEF URLs. Phpbb is a good forum software that meets my requirements in terms of ease-of-use and board features compared to other free open source forum platforms. But unfortunately, it's not SEF. Mannn, come on, you need these SEF URLs to feature on phpbb and watch phpbb users increasing. Believe me! But probably you don't want it. Thanks!
phpbb3 uses the Canonical meta tag. All different versions of of a topic get a "301" with the Canonical version of the topic. Not a true 301 but from what I read in the past, it's basically same deal.
This helps prevent duplicate content in search results.
I am very sorry for having so many discussions here. Everything we are talking about here is all about SEF. But not the way how common people search a certain keyword on search engines. All short things I explain here is not the way we search for something on the engine. But at least, it's one of the many ways to prove that phpbb's native URLs are bad at all !!!!!!!!!!! I hope you enjoy the way you respond me here. Shame on phpbb team.DavidIQ wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 11:55 pm As was already mentioned absolutely nobody goes to Google and searches for a URL so not sure how you thought that would make a good example. They enter keywords and, as has already been proven to you, that absolutely works and returns results as intended even from forums. "Pretty" URLs are just that: Lipstick for the URL that is only for humans to benefit from it (sometimes easier to remember and identify), which is why those are more appropriately referred to as "human readable URLs" because search engines care little to not at all about them, again as has been proven to you already. Of course we are not proclaiming ourselves as the forum software to rule them all so if you want to hop on another platform that you have to pay for that is your right to do so.