[cfaussie] Re: 301 redirect based on Query String

2007-12-19 Thread Matthew
SOLVED: It looks like the best way to setup 301's is in ISAPI ReWrite. This tool allows you to re-write any URL and therefore in my example I can easily map index.cfm?product=abc to index.cfm?product=def The downfall of setting up 301's directly in the IIS manager is that you have to keep the fil

[cfaussie] Re: 301 redirect based on Query String

2007-12-19 Thread Sean Bucklar
Hi Matthew, I'm guessing a bit about how your app works, but I'd think, the code snippet listed earlier should work fine if you use URL rewrites- http://www.new-url.com/blah/products/def product=def"> From the perspective of the search engine - their crawler sends a get to www.domain.com

[cfaussie] Re: 301 redirect based on Query String

2007-12-19 Thread Matthew
Hi Sean, Thanks for the interesting history! In regards to using ISAPI ReWrite; I thought of using this (in fact I will be on a new project) however I don't think that it would still solve my problem, because to create a 301 in IIS it is my understanding that you open up IIS, right click on the

[cfaussie] Re: 301 redirect based on Query String

2007-12-18 Thread Sean Bucklar
Matthew - The relevant RFC (1738) was written in '94 and includes a whole bunch of specifications for gopher. Nobody was really doing what your doing on the web in 94. RFC 2616 defines 301's and was written in 99 - and even then, the sort of complex data display that you're dealing with was pr

[cfaussie] Re: 301 redirect based on Query String

2007-12-18 Thread Sarah Barry
This was one of the most detailed resources I found on parking and redirects and discusses how you can wildcard the queries for IIS http://www.mcanerin.com/EN/articles/301-redirect-IIS.asp sarah -Original Message- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ma

[cfaussie] Re: 301 redirect based on Query String

2007-12-18 Thread Matthew
Hi everyone, Thanks for the feedback. BRETT/ANDREW: you're right, my problem is that SE's are trying to spider to this page (and cloging up my inbox with errors) hence why I want to 301 so that the SE's learn about the new page. SEAN: what you've said makes sense but out of interest how else woul

[cfaussie] Re: 301 redirect based on Query String

2007-12-18 Thread Sean Bucklar
At a protocol level - a change in the search part value does not constitute a permanent move. The RFC's defining status codes, URL layouts and etc weren't written with applications that use query strings to generate completely differentiated content from the same page in mind. What you're appl

[cfaussie] Re: 301 redirect based on Query String

2007-12-18 Thread Andrew Scott
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brett Payne-Rhodes Sent: Wednesday, 19 December 2007 12:31 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: 301 redirect based on Query String I'd be wondering whether this is really a 301 problem though. Isn't it just that the product no lon

[cfaussie] Re: 301 redirect based on Query String

2007-12-18 Thread Brett Payne-Rhodes
I'd be wondering whether this is really a 301 problem though. Isn't it just that the product no longer exists? index.cfm still exists. Is there some danger that search engines will start to drop indexes for your index.cfm urls? Like I said... just wondering out loud really... B) Matthew wrote

[cfaussie] Re: 301 redirect based on Query String

2007-12-18 Thread Andrew Scott
Your assumption is correct. Andrew Scott Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613  9015 8628 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -Original Message- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Sent: Wednesday, 19 December 2007 11:5