--- Piet Hadermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Who says the normale rule of thumb is you shouldn't put recognizable info in > a url or post ? Why is it then that blogging and cms tools lately are > getting more and more modules and extensions for not only 'search engine > friendly' but also 'userfriendly' url's ? > Your domain name probably makes sense - why shouldn't the rest of your url ? > > I have done a rewrite of a sort of calender/directory system a while ago to > have more searchengine (and user) friendly url's, and although the content > stayed the same, much more pages were indexed and traffic coming from > searchengines really boomed. > > Piet.
There's something to be said about either method. A lot depends on whether you want clever/bored users to start poking around to see what they can see. However, with respect to search engine optimization (SEO), there are many factors involved. I wrote a link directory which tried to be search engine friendly (ie http://www.accesssandiego.com/links/realestate/CA/) so there would be no apparent GET variables. In this case, I parse the URL to determine the category and locale of the links. One problem I have had with this system is that because the files don't really exist, the browser may send a 404 signal and then forward to the working page. In the browser, the 404 isn't seen, but in some automated programs, they get the 404 and give up right away. It is difficult to debug this since the browsers, even lynx, don't show the error. As such, you can outsmart yourself with SEO tactics, many of which change every few months or so. James _____ James D. Keeline http://www.Keeline.com http://www.Keeline.com/articles http://Stratemeyer.org http://www.Keeline.com/TSCollection http://www.ITeachPHP.com -- Free Computer Classes: Linux, PHP, etc. Summer Semester Begins Jun 20 -- New Classes Start Every Few Weeks. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h625mkv/M=362131.6882499.7825260.1510227/D=groups/S=1705005703:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123169281/A=2889191/R=0/SIG=10r90krvo/*http://www.thebeehive.org ">Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job) Welcome to the Sweet Life - brought to you by One Economy</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Community email addresses: Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shortcut URL to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-list Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
