I think he would probably want it to be something like http://www.domain.com/garden_tools/83
Then all you have to do is ignore the first directory and pass the second directory to CF. You can have a generic rewrite done in Apache Something like RewriteRule ^/([^/]+)/([0-9]+)/* http://www.domainname.com/index.cfm?pg=listing_details&id=$2&hit=1&popup=0&p review=1 Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Adrian Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 7:06 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: URL re-write SEO friendly > > You haven't really asked a question but... > > .... if it's a choice between /83/ or /gardentools/ and your page isn't > about > the number 83, go with the later. > > Adrian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bryan Stevenson > Sent: 18 April 2008 23:44 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: URL re-write SEO friendly > > > Hey All....passing this along for a co-worker..... > > > > Hello All -- I am working on a database driven website that can access > individual records with a URL like this: > http://www.domainname.com/index.cfm?pg=listing_details&id=83&hit=1&popup=0 > &p > review=1 > > In order to make the URL more SEO friendly, we are using a URL handler > that lets us structure the URL this way: > http://www.domainname.com/index.cfm/pg/listing_details/id/83/hit/1/popup/0 > /p > review/1 > > By removing the "?" and "&" symbols, we make the URL easier for search > engines to navigate. Now, the SEO company is suggesting that we > shorten the URL right down to the following: > http://www.domainname.com/83/ > > I've seen many sites use more human readable URLs like the above or like > so: > http://www.domainname.com/gardentools > > Which would take you to the garden tool category of a data driven web > catalogue (instead of explicitly passing the category ID via the URL). > > TIA > > Cheers > -- > > > Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. > VP & Director of E-Commerce Development > Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. > phone: 250.480.0642 > fax: 250.480.1264 > cell: 250.920.8830 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web: www.electricedgesystems.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:303790 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
