sonjay - 12:47 pm on Sep 23, 2008 (gmt 0)

This is not new news. Google reps have long been saying you don't need to rewrite your urls

But maximillianos, it's new that Google is saying you should not rewrite. There's a pretty big difference between "you don't need to" and "don't do it."

I hope this doesn't turn into a kudzu monster like nofollow, which went from "use it for user-generated content that you don't trust" to "you should use it for all paid links or we'll punish you."