> Al Everett wrote: >> For those of you taking a lot of time getting your >> dynamic site URLs >> to look like static ones, this article may be of interest >> to you: >> >> http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/4/emw232456.htm >> >> (I am in no way affiliated with the site. It just >> happened to come up >> in a Google Alert and covers a topic I've seen pass >> through the list >> more than once.)
> I think the main reason for having "search engine > friendly" URLs these > days has absolutely nothing to do with search engines, and > everything > to do with the people using your system. Search engine > friendly URLs > are somewhat more user-friendly than their query > string-based > equivalents if done right. > Let's take a simple example. For instance, let's say that > you were > writing a bit of blogging software. Which looks more > user-friendly > to you: > 1. (a) http://example.com/archives/2005/4/25/ > (b) > http://example.com/archives.cfm?yr=2005&mth=4&dy=25 > (c) > http://example.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.archives&yr=2 > 005&mth=4&dy=25 You know, there's nothing keeping me from using http://example.com/archives/?2005/4/25 http://example.com/archives.cfm?2005/4/25 You can get the data from the variable #cgi.query_string# although according to the article, these would not pass as SES url's merely because they include a question-mark in the url. > 2. (a) http://example.com/entries/name-of-an-entry/ > http://example.com/entries/348/ > (b) http://example.com/entries.cfm?name=name-of-entry > http://example.com/entries.cfm?id=348 > (c) > http://example.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.entry&name=na > me-of-entry > http://example.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.entr > y&id=348 > And so on. I think you'll agree that the (a)s are a bit > easier on the user. a bit s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://macromedia.breezecentral.com/p49777853/ http://www.sys-con.com/author/?id=4806 http://www.fusiontap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:204300 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
