Should I use mod_rewrite now ?

Discussion in 'Apache' started by rahman15, Mar 22, 2006.

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    I have a data driven website which is fairly new. I did not use mod_rewrite to make URLs search engine friendly. But fortunately Google already indexed about 500 pages of my website.
    Now I am considering using mod_rewrite. Should I do this? Will it effect to my indexed pages?
    Thanks,
     
    rahman15, Mar 22, 2006 IP
  2. mad4

    mad4 Peon

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    Search engines can crawl urls with query strings without a problem.

    The (small) advantage of mod rewrite is that you can get keywords in the url.
     
    mad4, Mar 22, 2006 IP
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    It should work fine with your indexed pages - both the old and new urls will work.
     
    websiteideas, Mar 22, 2006 IP
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    You have to make sure you 301 redirect the old url to the new one.
     
    mad4, Mar 22, 2006 IP