Dave Watts wrote: <snip> > Well, if you're using CF, you don't need to do that at the web server level > at all: > > http://www.doughughes.net/index.cfm/page-blogLink/entryId-37 > > You'll notice that this is an SES URL, on an IIS 6 server, that points to a > simple description of how to set up SES URLs with CF on any platform.
I would argue that in fact that's not a search engine friendly url at all. That url gives me no context for what I'm going to find on the page if I follow the link. It will be followed by a search engine, sure, but that does not inherently make it "friendly". http://www.doughughes.net/articles/coldfusion/search-engine-friendly-urls-with-coldfusion/ would be a search engine friendly url. It tells a user (and a search engine) to expect an article about coldfusion and search engine friendly urls. Admittedly, the word "with" will probably be discarded by the search engine as too common of a word, but the rest of the url will be indexed and counted towards the value of the page if it matches the correct context. In order to really do search engine friendly urls you do need a rewriter. Apache comes with one, IIS doesn't. We use ISAPIRewrite and it works quite well. It sucks that the functionality isn't built into IIS, but I do still like to run IIS when I've got a Windows box, so the price of the rewriter add-on is worth it. My $0.02 Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:267059 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
