Search Engines and Content Management Systems

I have seen a lot of discussion over the years regarding search engines having trouble indexing sites that use content management systems. The biggest problem sites run into is using query information for the CMS to determine what content to show. This is when all of the pages look like index.php?articleId=X.

So I've finally gotten around to writing my first blog entry for HPG. The title of this entry is a bit of a double entendre. Not only is this entry about testing, but people often test out their mics with the same verbiage.

I guess I should briefly qualify myself so you, dear reader, know that I didn't just pick this stuff up because I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night (though I have been known to stay in Holiday Inn Expresses). A friend of mine and I started our trip on the Information Superhighway (remember when it was called that) back in 1995 with a little company called Mindstar Web Development. Back in those days our main job was to sell our prospects on the viability of the web, let alone what they could do with it. I've been building websites in one form or another ever since.