Are "dynamic urls" ?something=value still bad for SEO?

twaen

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Does it still matter anymore that much for SEO in 2021, using, say:

example.com/docs

instead of

example.com?query=docs

?

Thank you!
 
Shouldn't be a big issue as long as the content on each page is different. I would still use pretty URLs (/---/---/) because it doesn't look garbage.
 
Shouldn't be a big issue as long as the content on each page is different. I would still use pretty URLs (/---/---/) because it doesn't look garbage.

That's what I thought.

The reason I'm asking is that converting what I need to use to /-/ urls would require significant changes in a codebase.

The simplest way to go forward with that is to use querystrings instead, just making them simple, like ?documentation for example.
 
That's what I thought.

The reason I'm asking is that converting what I need to use to /-/ urls would require significant changes in a codebase.

The simplest way to go forward with that is to use querystrings instead, just making them simple, like ?documentation for example.
You can use rewrites in .htaccess file for that. I did that before, shouldn't be very hard to implement. (Don't ask me how though, it's a looooooong time ago)
 
You can use rewrite rules in htaccess with mod_rewrite and it can solve your issue quick. If you need it for nginx you gotta Google tho.
 
Don't do it. Don't use query strings.

A URL like the following may be used to pass a keyword down to the UI (in this case highlight the word *dog* in the page)
app.com/?highlight=dog

It is different from the following
app.com/dog

Get what I'm trying to say? It *may* give the search engine the wrong idea. It may not. Why risk it?
 
I highly recommend you use links without parametets "?"
 
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