I use a custom 404 handler that does a database lookup from a table of vanity URLs. It evaluates the last value of a list separated by "/" and searches the database for the url...
Simple enough for me. HTH, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Kerry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 6:18 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Are "search engine safe" URLs really necessary? Yeah, I think search engines are happier about querystrings now, but: We have customers who put their URLs in printed marketing materials, so there is no way we are going to have users typing in: /index.cfm?page=79797C25-1143-5A57-54B333CF7325EA9C We need to have direct access like mysite.com/feature, of course there are other ways of acheiving this, but I think having human friendly URLs is a good thing. Im not sure, but does having a more relevant URL help your rankings as well? -----Original Message----- From: Al Everett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 April 2005 14:08 To: CF-Talk Subject: Are "search engine safe" URLs really necessary? For those of you taking a lot of time getting your dynamic site URLs to look like static ones, this article may be of interest to you: http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/4/emw232456.htm (I am in no way affiliated with the site. It just happened to come up in a Google Alert and covers a topic I've seen pass through the list more than once.) -- <a href="http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=58370&t=1";>Get Firefox!</a> http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=58370&t=1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:204254 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
