Don’t use “&id=” as a parameter in your URLs, as we don’t include these pages in our index.

That was the old school Google Webmaster guidelines….that was then, this is now [wasn’t that a TV dinner commercial?]. Today, Google WILL in fact spider, index, and DISPLAY your web site with special session ids.

Ridiculous &ID this, &ID that have been removed from the ‘do not do list’ over at Google. This does NOT imply you can stuff your links with IDs. This is still confusing to the search engine spiders. KISS your links –> Keep It Simple Stupid is what you should be going for. Clear and concise links with keywords are the best way to go at this point. Yes Google can index the session IDs now but don’t suspect that they favour them.

Maintain clear and concise links. Keywords-separated-by-dashes are probably best, but it’s not the be all and end all in terms of SEO. Keep session ID parameters to a minimum but don’t fret if you can’t figure out a complex .htaccess solution to rewrite your forum URLs or wherever they may be. I did report over at SEOChat that Google will now index and display these results…. Of course the boobs over there didn’t really care much for this tidbit of SEO info. For more information about this chat head over to Google Webmasters Blogspot and read their post. You can view the Google Webmaster Guidelines here.