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if (!Page.IsPostBack)
{
   // set defaults, hide yer panels, etc here

   if (Request.QueryString["q"] != null) // if the query string exists
   {
       // aspnetForm - default masterpage form name, YourPage.aspx - whatever your page name is

       ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(this.GetType(), "qr", 

            "document.all(\"aspnetForm\").action = \"YourPage.aspx\";", true);

       // do stuff with query string
       RedrawPage(Request.QueryString["q"]);
   }
}

via msdn

so if you have a page that accepts a query string, you definitely want to set that view

but this is asp.net, so your page also posts back

you don't want the query string to persist across postbacks - that's just ugly, breaking bookmarks, etc.  you want to clear the query string but maybe you are trying Clear() or Remove() and you are realizing that Request.QueryString is Read Only..

one option is to set the form's action in client script (Googlebot's not posting back anyway)

is there a better way to do this?  it seems so ghetto

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