Well, I've opened my site to the world - now trying to make it SE friendly, particularly Google, of course. I've cleaned up most of the html, am working on directory submissions, etc. Now, I think I have to work on the URLs. Here's a typical URL into an article: http://www.scribi.com/lib/article.p...agos:+Lombardy+and+the+Lake+District/&lkctx=4 From everything I've read, I suspect this is a Google-stopper. Whaddya think? I'm not indexed, yet, but it's only been open for about a week. Guess I'll have to read up on rewrites... rickb
HI, You certainly need to use mod_rewrite to make your urls search engine friendly google: mod_rewrite tutorial Also you can use Search Engine Friendly URL redirection to create short urls which your users can easy remember .
Ah. Thanks for the feedback, although a bit late. Yeah, I've done that - actually gone through a couple of url schemes. The current one consists of a hash number to flatten the space, an index number, and then a string of keywords connected by dashes followed by .htm. Here's an example: http://www.scribi.com/article/x4106...ea-Athens-Perdika-Reality-Vision-Converge.htm It can get a little bit long, but not too long and it's SE friendly, I think. The initial rewrite had just the first parts without the keywords, but I think that might have been a tad too brief, especially without a 'static-ing' .htm. So, we'll see how this one does... Thanx for input. rickb