To mod rewrite or not?

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by mattysheff, Oct 14, 2009.

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    I know that there is some benifit from a seo point of view to rewriting urls. But what are the negatives to doing it. does it have a effect on server performance etc. Do the pros out weigh the cons. I've been doing some reserch on this and found a blog from google where they says its not needed anymore.
    Is this something I should be doing?
    I see that this forum dosn't rewrite the urls and it does well in the serps.
     
    mattysheff, Oct 14, 2009 IP
  2. aaron_nimocks

    aaron_nimocks Im kind of a big deal Staff

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    It still helps. I would recommend it.

    There are no negatives unless you are changing over a big site that is already indexed and don't do redirects.
     
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    It helps, and there isn't really a downside to using mod_rewrite for a blog or forum. The extra processing to rewrite the URL is minimal.
     
    cpace1983, Oct 14, 2009 IP
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    The pros? Better search engine optimization, by having page titles in your urls rather than somescript.php?id=13043.
     
    TheMadBlackHatter, Oct 19, 2009 IP
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    Much better with mod rewrite, Instantly adds top keywords to your page by embedding them in your url
     
    craiggy, Nov 10, 2009 IP