.baseball is a non-standard extension and does not fit the 3-4 letter norm so Google may not like it. some-cool-products.cfm is valid but the name should be contextual to the content of the file. If your product is baseballs and footballs, I'd suggest www.mycoolsite.com/products/baseball/babe-ruth-signed-baseball.cfm<http://www.mycoolsite.com/some-cool-product.baseball> www.mycoolsite.com/products/baseball/old-style-wood-baseball.cfm<http://www.mycoolsite.com/some-cool-product.baseball> www.mycoolsite.com/products/football<http://www.mycoolsite.com/some-cool-product.baseball> /pigskin.cfm www.mycoolsite.com/products/football/<http://www.mycoolsite.com/some-cool-product.baseball> oilskin.cfm
Descriptive sub-directories are great when the content of the sub-directory all interrelate. I do a 2 day hands on understanding of how Google expects and likes content which the above is just a tiny fraction. In the end there's just one thing that will make you succeed. Good content with good descriptive display. No tricks, just follow the rules, especially the ones that people ignore (like basic HTML). On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Will Tomlinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm planning on using onMissingMethod() to create some pretty URL's for > products, using a new db field (productPrettyTitle) in my products table. > I'd rather not use an ISAPI filter right now. > > Everything seems to work OK so far, but I wondered what would happen if I > took it a step further. > > Is there a downside to adding more keyword-rich extensions in whatever CF > config xml file? > > So for a baseball product site, I'd have: > > www.mycoolsite.com/some-cool-product.baseball > > Instead of: > > www.mycoolsite.com/some-cool-product.cfm > > Will googlebot care? Will I be penalized? > > Thanks, > Will > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:320690 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
