a cheap way to make search args SEO friendly is to just append keyword
laden arguments. If your taf is looking for something like ?
_function=list&cat=3 which a search engine overlooks, append
descriptive arguments that may or may not actually be used in the taf,
such as ?
clothing_type=pants&size=long&style=pleated&_function=list&cat=3
On Nov 11, 2008, at 8:06 AM, Robert Shubert wrote:
Here’s a little more help on this issue:
IIS: set the 404 error handling in the Custom Errors tab to: URL: /
main.taf (or whatever is going to handle this)
At the top of main.taf use code something like this:
<@ASSIGN url <@CGIPARAM name=http_search_args>>
<@ASSIGN parsed_url <@TOKENIZE str=@@url chars=/?>>
<@ASSIGN parsed_url <@TRANSPOSE array=parsed_url>>
That will leave you with an array containing the information that
was in the original URL. The expectation is that you would have
similarly named TAFs, includes, or possibly a lookup in a database
to know what to display back to the user.
Probably the biggest problem you’ll hit is that all requests are
going to be handled by main.taf (at least initially) so to add this
to an existing application you will need to do some branching as well.
If you can’t determine exactly which page to display back to the
user, you must send back a properly formatted 404 error page.
Keep in mind that you need to be careful about this whole process.
You can create endless loops and possibly other problems if you
don’t have good error checking.
I can attest that this will function under very high loads.
Robert
From: Fogelson, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 11:42 PM
To: witango-talk@witango.com
Subject: Witango-Talk: Keyword Relavant Links
You may recognize this subject. SEO’s want links that contain
keywords.
IE:
http://www.mackspw.com/SubCategory--Duck-Decoys--m-254
http://www.mackspw.com/Category--Hunting-Blinds--m-137
http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SportingGoods_Men%2527s%2BClothing--Columbia--Shirts_10151_-1_10001_advisor_CA.CategoryExpand_N_625006001_625000000_625006000
Has anyone implemented a similar strategy using Witango 5.5 and
Windows 2003? I want to utilize this in my shopping cart app which
is presently built utilizing the following example link structure:
http://www.upnorthsports.com/Category/main.taf?cat=2
http://www.upnorthsports.com/Product/product.taf?_function=detail&_ID=6092
Thanks
Steve Fogelson
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