Does Viewstate Affect Search Ranking?
Some say it might, some say it shouldn’t. I just want to see if it has any measurable affect. If Google follows this link, I should find out in a week or so.
I’ve never put up a set of pages to test a search engine like this before. I started with a word that Google returns no results for. I have an index page that links to several pages that use this word; all are identical except for the viewstate. I have a couple copies of each page in random order in case the order of the links makes a difference. The only page on the Internet that links to the different pages is that index page.
[...] Continuing my viewstate tests to if it has any affect on search rankings. My test pages for viewstate aren’t showing up in Google yet. The index page is there and Palehorse’s page is there. I don’t care if the test pages beat any other pages on the net, I just want to compare them relative to each other. [...]
So what’s the outcome of your tests? :)
I’d like to know your thoughts on the outcome too!