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Just like websites of yore, Drupal uses a query string to pull information from a database. Every single blog post, comment, content, user entry, and so on is stored in tables on the server so you need a query string to go find the data and bring it back to the browser window. This is a fancy way of saying “URL”.

The standard Drupal URL comes in “dynamic” form. This means that there are strange characters in the URL that aren’t exactly kosher for SEO. Now, I don’t strange characters via Jar-Jar Binks, but strange written characters that usually require the shift key to type. Here are some examples of standard, dynamic Drupal URLs:

• http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/?q=node/1

• http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/?q=taxonomy/term/2+4+7+21+24

• http://wwww.yourDrupalsite.com/?q=user/login

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