URL Re-Write

I have done some URL Re-Wrtie on my website and when I search in Google for my whole website link it shows me static and dynamic URLs. Are these results old or is it a problem?

 

According to website in your signature, you are SEO expert, so how it comes you have no answer to the simplest question about search engine in the world?

 

To check if a link is old or new in search engines, check when was the last cache version

 

Did you implement it correctly? Typically when you switch from dynamic SEO-unfriendly URLs to keyword rich SEO-friendly URLs, you have to implement BOTH a redirect AND a rewrite.

For example, if your old URL was http://example.com/index.php?cat=1243&prod=991188 and you want to switch to http://example.com/hdtv/sony-bravia-40-inch-LCD-HDTV/ then you would implement the following:

301 redirect all requests for http://example.com/index.php?cat=1243&prod=991188 to http://example.com/hdtv/sony-bravia-40-inch-LCD-HDTV/.

URL rewrite requests for http://example.com/hdtv/sony-bravia-40-inch-LCD-HDTV/ to http://example.com/index.php?cat=1243&prod=991188.

The 1st 301 redirect will take care of transfering credit for all links to the old URL (http://example.com/index.php?cat=1243&prod=991188) to the new SEO friendly URL (http://example.com/hdtv/sony-bravia-40-inch-LCD-HDTV/) the next time those links are recrawled. At Google it will also take care of removing the old URL from the index since it nolonger exists.

Browsers and crawlers alike will then request the new SEO friendly URL as a result of the 301. When the browser or crawler requests the new URL your server should URL rewrite (NOT redirect) to the old URL http://example.com/index.php?cat=1243&prod=991188. The old page will be rendered and a 200 status returned so the new URL will remain in browser address bars even though the old URL is used to render it. For crawlers requesting the new URL they don't know that you're actually showing them http://example.com/index.php?cat=1243&prod=991188 since your server will return a 200 status so it indexes the content at the old URL but thinks it came directly from the new URL.

 

Have you submitted sitemap with the redirected urls (static and dynamic urls both mixed)? The urls listed in the sitemap is what will appear on the google search results pages.

 

i think this time your inter linking URL is dynamic thats why u facing this prob pls remove this and check. other wise give me your website URL so i will check it

 

you can remove your old results....................with google webmaster tools and submit a sitemap with new urls

 

Hello Friend,

You should try to submit your sitemap again.

 

You are contradicting yourself. You are saying to 301 redirect to the rewritten URL but somehow the search engine won't know it is not at a new URL? You are wrong, if you are 301 redirecting the search engine will know it's a 301 and will consider the new URL to be the new URL. The search engine should update it's index with the new url assuming your site isn't junk.

 

According to Search engine optimization, that URL rewriting is one of the technique to improve your website visibility in crawling more search engine friendly.

 

I agree. The only thing you forgot to say - this method was a little bit helpful many years ago, and it's 100% useless now.

 

Yes, Its always better to have URL's rewritten with Keywords in that rather than having dynamic URL's.

 

dorothykinder, what are your arguments on this?

 

The days of dynamic URLs are gone. The thing I am amazed at is that some CMS platforms are still trying to keep up with these need.

 

Just look at the cache.

Simply type cache:site.com in Google to know your last cached file.

And if new URLs are not listed then start building some backlinks to it. And if your having problem because Google is showing your dynamic URL that you had before then feel free, it will be deleted some days later.

And don't forget Sitemap.

 

I didn't contradict myself at all... Did you even bother to read my post completely and attempt to understand it? This is how you convert a site w/ SE unfriendly dynamic URLs to SE friendly keyword rich URLs without changing the backend system. Behind the scenes (using URL rewriting) you continue to call your ecommerce or content management system with ugly URLs but the browser/crawlers never know it. The browser/crawlers only see the new SE friendly URLs.

I am VERY familiar with 301s and how they work... and with URL rewriting. There is a difference between URL rewriting and 301 redirecting. The difference is as follows:

301 Redirect URL A to URL B:

Browser/crawler requests: URL A
Server returns: status=301 Permanently Moved, Location=URL B
Browser/crawler requests: URL B (AND the URL in the browser address bar changes to URL B)
Server returns: status=200 Ok with HTML rendered at URL B

NOTE: There are 2 roundtrips to the server for a 301 redirect

URL Rewrite URL A to URL B:

Browser/crawler requests: URL A
Server returns: status 200 with HTML rendered using URL B.

The browser/crawler thinks the URL A actually exists because it returned a 200 status when in fact the server really rendered the HTML by calling URL B. In a browser, URL A remains in the address bar even though URL B is what actually rendered the page.

NOTE: There is only a single roundtrip to the server for a URL rewrite.

 

May I ask how experienced you are in search engine marketing? This post makes me laugh badly...

 

thnx Canonical for ur great help. now I m impelmenting everything u have described. thanks again

 

where i can found goolge webmaster tool ?

 

You can start here by creating a Google account to use for Webmaster Tools.

Once you create an account and log in, you'll have to go through the Google site verification process to prove you're the webmaster for your site.

I would recommend verifying both the www and non-www version of your site (Google treats them as different sites in WMT). You have to do so before you can pick a preferred domain.