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malky800
08-02-2006, 04:17 PM
I just found this website, that somehow automatically generates lots of pages. It starts out with a template and pulls seperate pages for each record in a databse. Is there any reason for google or yahoo to dislike these type of pages?
The company I found is known as aestiva.com. Are there any other known programs like that out there?
rcjordan
08-02-2006, 04:38 PM
it appears to be a content management system. there are plenty of them out there now, some database-driven others not. they're popular and while over-templanting can be a problem with search engines, that's not really a cms problem but more with how the user chose to implement templates.
while reviewing cms candidates keep in mind that many are not search engine friendly. i'd worry more about fatal flaws in spidering, admin functionality, scripting, etc. than templates and databases.
have you checked this site? http://www.cmsmatrix.org/
1EightT
08-02-2006, 05:06 PM
you could always implement mod rewrite on the url's server side so they are search engine friendly.
rcjordan
08-02-2006, 05:10 PM
look deeper than urls. sessions, cookies, title tag limitations, even constraints on folder and page naming structure. some aren't fatal but can severely cripple or maim seo.
1EightT
08-02-2006, 05:12 PM
oh absolutly. These are all VERY important when selecting a good CMS. Do some research before jumping in. Most of the better packages have mod rewrite ability built in anyway.
malky800
08-04-2006, 11:03 AM
Do you any suggestions for a good programs out there that can automatically generate pages, based on a template, pulling data fields from a database?