Does google find this http://www.domainname.com/index.cfm/pg/listing_details/id/83/hit/1/popup/0
more friendly than this http://www.domainname.com/index.cfm?pg=listing_details&id=83&hit=1&popup=0 ???? Bryan Stevenson wrote: > Hi All, > > First off...the question was how to do it the way this SEO company is > aksing. > > So let's clarify shall we.... > > > 1) We currently transform this: > http://www.domainname.com/index.cfm?pg=listing_details&id=83&hit=1&popup=0 > into this: > http://www.domainname.com/index.cfm/pg/listing_details/id/83/hit/1/popup/0 > > So the ? and = are gone and it now looks like directories instead of > variable to bots > > for example "/pg/listing details" equates to "pg=listing details". > > 2) THE QUESTION (for those that couldn't find it..hehe) > An SEO company would prefer to see > http://www.domainname.com/furry > > The BIG difference here is "furry" must equate to > "?pg=listing_details&id=83&hit=1&popup=0" > > I think we can all see the difference....it's quite different than what > we do now in # 1 above. The first example still plainly shows the > key/value pairs. What the SEO comapnmy is asking for does NOT. > > So how does one go about doing this WITHOUT an Apache mod rewrite (as > this is hosted on Windows for better or for worse)???? > > BTW....that was the question ;-) > > Thanks in advance > > 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 > > Notice: > This message, including any attachments, is confidential and may contain > information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure. It is intended > only for the person to whom it is addressed unless expressly authorized > otherwise by the sender. If you are not an authorized recipient, please > notify the sender immediately and permanently destroy all copies of this > message and attachments. > > > On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 20:27 -0400, Russ wrote: > >> 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:303883 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
