How much the mod_rewrites is imporatant for a site as far as the optimization is concerned?
ChadSEO
3:59 pm on Aug 1, 2005 (gmt 0)
This depends largely on your site. There are some sites that can rank wonderfully without using mod_rewrite or anything similar, and there are other sites that rely on it heavily in order to rank. If I have a website that is all static text pages, and I name them exactly what I want from the beginning, then I don't really need mod_rewrite for anything. On another website, where everything is dynamically generated, mod_rewrite can be extrememly helpful so that by URLs are /forum34/907.htm instead of /myphppage.php?forum=34&post=907
Basically, don't say "I'm going to use mod_rewrite to rank better", but "Here's what I would like to do in order to rank better, what tools do I need in order to do this."
flashfan
6:27 pm on Aug 7, 2005 (gmt 0)
We rewrote the page /dir/p.html to /Keywords.html. But I didn't see much difference after using mod_rewrites...
Prolific
7:08 pm on Aug 7, 2005 (gmt 0)
mod_rewrite is a good tool for dynamic sites in that it can help the search engine crawl your dynamic sites with long querystrings /page.php?one=1&two=2&three=3&etc=... into /widgets/blue-widgets.htm which also looks better to humans. As chad said rewriting URLs isn't going to be the one big thing that helps you rank better, but it's a good tool to help get you there - and it makes your site better for humans at the same time.
