I understand the technical advantage you talk about, and I agree. They are just ugly and are not friendly.
What I would really like to do is something like point to a non-existant page off the root, do a 404 check and parse the file name to see if it can be converted to a name pair variable such as: http://www.aftershockweb.com/panasonic-massagechairs.cfm. Now that I think about it I might give it a try. >I think UUID's have clear advantages from a technical standpoint, but >using keywords in your url presents benefits for indexing and crawling >that are unbeatable. > >However, isn't it more or less true (no one can say for sure, I >suppose) that urls closer to the web root get better placement? Thats >a concern I have with the use of FakeURLs, where you replace ? and & >with slashes, and give the impression of being several folders deep. >Plus it lengthens them so you have the parm names as well as values in >the url string. > >-- >--mattRobertson-- >Janitor, MSB Web Systems >mysecretbase.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:228593 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

