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[Mark Armendariz]

I like to back-load all my ajax on top of already working pages, so for
instance I might have:
http://www.example.com/news/

And clicking on a headline on that page with js disabled would go to
http://www.example.com/news/headline_with_underscores_or_whatever

But clicking on it with js enabled would just load the story dynamically.
Keeps everyone happy - including your visitors of the arachnid family.

Mark Armendariz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org 
> [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Kenneth Downs
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 9:04 AM
> To: NYPHP Talk
> Subject: [nycphp-talk] Friendly URL, Ajax, and SEO
> 
> Lately I'm wondering about best designs when balancing things 
> like a friendly URL, Ajax, and SEO.  It seems there are some 
> contradictory indications.
> 
> First, friendly URLs are great if for no reason than log analysis. 
> 
> However, friendly URLs are supposedly better for SEO also 
> (besides all the other stuff for SEO).
> 
> The rub is that I'd like to start moving over to AJAX for 
> CMS-related stuff, such as loading a news article when the 
> user clicks on a headline. But this seems like it make the 
> site very search engine un-friendly. 
> 
> Anybody care to comment on the problem as a whole?  Is it an 
> either/or choice?
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