Search Engine Bytes Notes, Tips, Questions & Answers... aka, topics too short for an article, but too important leave out!

Reader Questions
Q&A - Why do you suggest using tracking characters with Overture while telling us that SE's can't spider them?		Q&A - Why am I having trouble getting Google to index my product pages?
Q&A - What's the best way to redirect traffic from a very successfully ranked site to my new site?		Q&A - Is it better to submit changed pages to an engine or just let their spider "find" them?
Q&A - Why do keywords in the domain name help rankings?		Q&A - How can we tell if a site has been banned from Google?

---

 

Q&A - Why do you suggest using tracking characters with Overture while telling us that SE's can't spider them?

• I'm confused about the advice you gave in your tracking article - specifically where you recommend tracking traffic from pay-per-click engines (like Overture) by including in the tracking URL such characters as "