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A member asks if an URL parameter such as article=03945feefrf would be followed by Google. GG says probably not, because it looks like a session id, and that article=182 would be better. In the past GG has said that paramters named "id=" might be presumed session ids, but this is the first time I recall GG saying that the "value" part of the parameter could also have the same fate.
GoogleGuy Says: [
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Possibly, but probably not, since it looks so much like a session id. Much more likely would be to index a link like
http://mydomain.com/shownews.php?article=182