RE: SES CFLIB UDF ParseURLData

afaik, all modern search engines can read and spider ANY url. -Original Message- From: Stan Winchester [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 March 2004 02:15 To: CF-Talk Subject: SES CFLIB UDF ParseURLData I have a client who needs search engine safe URL's. Has anyone had any

Re: SES CFLIB UDF ParseURLData

On Wednesday 03 Mar 2004 13:37 pm, Craig Dudley wrote: afaik, all modern search engines can read and spider ANY url. Yes, but google for instance will apperently mark down a page whos URL contains '?', if it came from a page whos URL contains '?'. Plus I think SES-type URLs look nicer. -- Tom

RE: SES CFLIB UDF ParseURLData

Matter of opinion as to wether they look nicer, tbh I hate them and always have ;-) imo a url should be short and sweet. -Original Message- From: Thomas Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 March 2004 13:55 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SES CFLIB UDF ParseURLData

Re: SES CFLIB UDF ParseURLData

On Wednesday 03 Mar 2004 14:08 pm, Craig Dudley wrote: imo a url should be short and sweet. So why would you prefer http://www.host.tld/index.cfm?top=homeside=offerOfTheDay to http://www.host.tld/home/offerOfTheDay ? -- Tom Chiverton Advanced ColdFusion Programmer Tel: +44(0)1749 834997

RE: SES CFLIB UDF ParseURLData

I wouldn't like either of those formats The only thing I ever pass on a url in a public site is a single numeric id, and even that is rare. From: Thomas Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 March 2004 15:12 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SES CFLIB UDF ParseURLData On Wednesday 03 Mar

Re: SES CFLIB UDF ParseURLData

Does anyone have any thoughts on my first questions, which is: Has anyone had any experience good or bad with the UDF “ParseURLData” found at: http://www.cflib.org/udf.cfm?ID=378 ? I have tested it locally on my XP Pro/CFMX dev box and it seems to work nicely. Peter suggested the “sesConverter”

Re: SES CFLIB UDF ParseURLData

Google will only index an Url with a ? IF it comes from a static page (i.e. one without a ?). This means that if your entire site is dynamic other than the index.cfm, then your in trouble index wise. SES urls is a MUST when dealing with highly dynamic sites. The HoF archives are all dynamic and

RE: SES CFLIB UDF ParseURLData

with IIS, but CFMX will. I'm not sure about other web servers... Cheers Bert -Original Message- From: Stan Winchester [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 March 2004 15:59 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SES CFLIB UDF ParseURLData Does anyone have any thoughts on my first questions

Re: SES CFLIB UDF ParseURLData

Thank you! Based on what you say, I think the SESconverter will be what I use since I can mix and match if needed. I also apprectiate the insite to the CF5 MX handle SES and server logs. I haven't used the ParseURLData UDF, but it seems to do more or less the same as SESconverter, except that

Re: SES CFLIB UDF ParseURLData

I just tried sesConverter from Fusium. It seems to work on Fusebox applications also: http://www.fusium.com/ (Look under Tools menu). Cheers! Peter Tilbrook Transitional Services - Enterprise eSolutions Centrelink (http://www.centrelink.gov.au) 2 Faulding Street Symonston ACT 2609 Tel: (02)