IIS URL rewrite

don't mind paying for some top notch stuff

[Adam_C]

What's the best bit of kit to deal with this?

We don't mind paying for something really good.

[macrost]

Why buy? :)
[webmasterworld.com...]

But regardless... I've heard that isapi rewrite is pretty good.
If I can only remember the other one.

Mac

[f00sion]

isapi rewrite is by far the best.. i think the 404 method is a waste of time.

[macrost]

Unless your host won't allow it to be installed. Nevermind how secure it is. :)

Mac

[mattglet]

done correctly, the 404 method is flawless. getting a filter applied to your site may not always be an option, as macrost said, the host doesn't always let you do it.

-Matt

[georgeek]

Have to agree with mattglet I have one site that uses 404 with 10,000+ pages indexed.

Here is a selection:

ISAPI_Rewrite [isapirewrite.com]

IISRewrite [qwerksoft.com]

XQASP [xde.net]

ASPSpiderBait [webanalyst.com.au]

PortalPageFilter [alphasierrapapa.com]

[plumsauce]

While I am going to recycle some of my core
isapi code to do rewrites, I would say that
one advantage of the 404 method, is that it
is *infinitely* flexible since the code is
under your direct control. For instance,
I doubt that any of the shrinkwrap products
can do things like "random results driven
by arrays" totally within themselves without
further help from an asp page to finish the
job. That being the case, you might as well
do the whole job within the asp.

Sorry for the runon sentences, my english
teacher always got on my case for the same
thing :)