Using ISAPI rewrites

to write query strings for dynamic pages

[Navdeep]

what is ISAPI rewrites and how can i rewrite a query string which includes?,=,& characters using ISPAI?
i am using ASP to develop dynamic pages. will change help me to optimize dynamic pages.

[Ledfish]

ISAPI Rewrite can do many thing, To get a good idea, in your browser type isapirewrite and add .com. This is just one of several ISAPI module you can get on the net. The main use of it is to rewrite dynamic urls so that they look like static urls and thus the SE will like them much better. This involves removing the?, & and in some cases the =.

Some people are not having problems getting dynamic content indexed, some are! We have over 700 pages of dynamic content and after 5 months have only managed to get 7 pages indexed. We have eliminated all other potential reasons.

We have switched hosts in order to use this module as it's not something shared hosting providers are very excited about offering. We are in the early stages of this implementation, but from what I can tell, one the ISAPI filter isinstalled on your server, the rest is pretty easy.

[Navdeep]

thanks for all the information
i have some doubt about adding a keywords for the dynamic pages.
if i have to add a keywords and description for pages of around 100 categories of products. will i have to develop a static page for each category or can i use some other method to add specific meta keywords for specific category into these dynamically generated page.
i am using ASP for dynamic pages.

[XtendScott]

The ReWrite works by taking the URL:www.site.com/widgets/blue/small.htm and "rewrites" it for the server to process with www.site.com/page.asp?Widgets=blue&size=small.

The Users Browser and SE's see the original URL being SE friendly. If you have a dynamic site with the?, don't use "id" as a variable could be taken as a Session ID which SE's don't like. Keep variables to Max of 3 in the URL(2 is even better but I have seen smaller sites with 3).

There is a Free Limited version of the ISAPI product for a single Site with most of the functionality and the full product is very extensive and INexpensive. The full version can be installed on ISP and turn off global service and turned on only for specific sites.

One Caution with the Full Trial version. It just "STOPPED" my ISP's server when the trial ended. Ooops.