Re: Cleaner URLs

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 50148
interpreted = N
texte = >Can WebDNA be used to clean-up URLs like the examples below, or does this >have to be done using the webserver (Apache, WebSTAR, IIS, etc.)?You can use the mod-write (or is it mod-rewrite?) module on Apache to clean up urls. There may be something for other servers, too. I dunno.> >I guess question marks and name=value pairs don't work well with some search >engines because I've seen more and more sites taking this approach. >We've talked about this a lot before here. You can use cookies to carry the query string info or use custom error pages to display pages. Both techniques work. Maybe one is more suitable to your stuff than the other.Some say the query string info doesn't affect se results. It did at one time, but maybe some se's have overcome that. Google and ATW will spider sites with query strings in the url, but that isn't always a good thing. I think it comes down to your personal pref.Glenn------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Cleaner URLs (Velma Kahn 2003)
  2. Re: Cleaner URLs (Alain Russell 2003)
  3. Re: Cleaner URLs (Michael Davis 2003)
  4. Re: Cleaner URLs (Alain Russell 2003)
  5. Re: Cleaner URLs (Clint Davis 2003)
  6. Re: Cleaner URLs (Alain Russell 2003)
  7. Re: Cleaner URLs (Glenn Busbin 2003)
  8. Cleaner URLs (Clint Davis 2003)
>Can WebDNA be used to clean-up URLs like the examples below, or does this >have to be done using the webserver (Apache, WebSTAR, IIS, etc.)?You can use the mod-write (or is it mod-rewrite?) module on Apache to clean up urls. There may be something for other servers, too. I dunno.> >I guess question marks and name=value pairs don't work well with some search >engines because I've seen more and more sites taking this approach. >We've talked about this a lot before here. You can use cookies to carry the query string info or use custom error pages to display pages. Both techniques work. Maybe one is more suitable to your stuff than the other.Some say the query string info doesn't affect se results. It did at one time, but maybe some se's have overcome that. Google and ATW will spider sites with query strings in the url, but that isn't always a good thing. I think it comes down to your personal pref.Glenn------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Glenn Busbin

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