> > You'll notice that this is an SES URL, on an IIS 6 server ... > > 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.
Note the acronym: SES. Not SEF. The last "S" stands for "safe". The point is simply that dynamic elements of the URL can be made to look static. I agree with you that pages should have human-readable, consistent URLs, and that this may well increase relevance and page rank. We use that approach very successfully in our CMS implementations. But all that is entirely beside the point, isn't it? > A URL (or more properly a URI) is meant to provide a descriptive > and permanent location for a piece of content. It is not more proper to call a URL a URI. URLs are a subset of URIs, and it is useful to differentiate between URLs and other sorts of URIs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier#Relationship_to_URL _and_URN If you're specifying a location, it's a URL. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:267103 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
