Some extension questions...

[Pimpen 2010]

Ok. I did the mod_rewrite on my forum. It's .php. I'm wondering, since John is a pro/great SEO, why his forum ends in .html.... Is that better then .php?

Also, anyone know how I could do the mod_rewrite thing on my review pages:

http://www.must-have-software.net/software.php?id=45

See how it ends in /software.php?id=45... Is this ok? Or would it be better like sreview45.php (or .html) (s for software...)

Thanks!

[SVB]

Pages with variable names are not spidered well, eg ?id=45

[Pimpen 2010]

That's what I thought, but they still do get spidered though?

[thebassman]

Yeah, they still get spidered... just not as easily...

[MaK]

Hi Pimpen,

Please let me know if you see a good improvment with your pages, after using mod_rewrite..

My pages use '?='etc and they seem to be getting indexed but no pr passing through.

Thx

MaK

[Pimpen 2010]

Well I don't know how to do the mod_rewrite on those pages I'll try to do it though.

I've seen sites where the PR passes through the ?=... stuff but I would rather have it just a solid extension, no other jibberish after it...

[John Scott]

The extension doesn't matter. It could be .php or .html, and it makes no difference.

[Pimpen 2010]

Thanks. How come you did .html instead then?

[thebassman]

I have the .php?=### on my forums (no session ids), and I am seeing PR passing, and I am well indexed...

[John Scott]

Originally Posted by Pimpen 2010

Thanks. How come you did .html instead then?

No reason.

[thebassman]

It's fun to be different.

[Shawn]

Originally Posted by Pimpen 2010

Ok. I did the mod_rewrite on my forum. It's .php. I'm wondering, since John is a pro/great SEO, why his forum ends in .html.... Is that better then .php?

Also, anyone know how I could do the mod_rewrite thing on my review pages:

http://www.must-have-software.net/software.php?id=45

See how it ends in /software.php?id=45... Is this ok? Or would it be better like sreview45.php (or .html) (s for software...)

Thanks!

Mod-rewrite will only work if you get the script to process the urls the same as the mod rewite is configured. Normally it's just editing a few variables in the script. If you want to post or pm the script that calls the function variable(id)=x, I can help

[awall19]

Originally Posted by Pimpen 2010

Thanks. How come you did .html instead then?

John said no reason as to why he did it, but I bet many more people who think it NEEDS TO BE html now submit, where some of them might not have.

there is a ton of misinfo all over the web as far as seo goes.

have you ever went to a hosting forum and read the stuff from their SEO industry experts? often it is misinformed speculation on things that are common knowledge

[Pimpen 2010]

Originally Posted by Shawn Steele

Mod-rewrite will only work if you get the script to process the urls the same as the mod rewite is configured. Normally it's just editing a few variables in the script. If you want to post or pm the script that calls the function variable(id)=x, I can help

Where would I find that at? (Sorry, I didn't make my script)

[realestate]

where can we get a working mod_rewrite/ found one but it just doesn't work.

[Shawn]

Originally Posted by Pimpen 2010

Where would I find that at? (Sorry, I didn't make my script)

From what I see the files that are sending out the urls are software.php and freeware.php, so it would be those files, unless there is a "global" file that tells those files how to output the urls. Can you post one of the php files, so we can see if its that file that needs to be chaged?