Comments on: Google on rewriting dynamic URLs http://rc3.org/2008/09/23/google-on-rewriting-dynamic-urls/ Strong opinions weakly held Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:43:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Cameron Barrett http://rc3.org/2008/09/23/google-on-rewriting-dynamic-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-3049 Cameron Barrett Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:52:58 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8510#comment-3049 <p>Clean URLs also help with some cacheing systems. In practice, it's just a good idea to use clean URLs.</p> <p>It also makes fine-grained marketing campaigns easier to run, with multiple, short, printable URLs made available to the marketing people.</p> <p>Can you imagine trying to remember a query-string based URL that's printed on a billboard or flyer posted in a store window?</p> Clean URLs also help with some cacheing systems. In practice, it’s just a good idea to use clean URLs.

It also makes fine-grained marketing campaigns easier to run, with multiple, short, printable URLs made available to the marketing people.

Can you imagine trying to remember a query-string based URL that’s printed on a billboard or flyer posted in a store window?

]]> By: Thudfactor http://rc3.org/2008/09/23/google-on-rewriting-dynamic-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-3047 Thudfactor Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:33:41 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8510#comment-3047 <p>Seconding David -- I just moved a site from Wordpress to Drupal, but didn't break any links thanks to abstracted URLs. From Google's standpoint they might not care, but there are dozens of other reasons to re-write them and keep them human readable.</p> Seconding David — I just moved a site from Wordpress to Drupal, but didn’t break any links thanks to abstracted URLs. From Google’s standpoint they might not care, but there are dozens of other reasons to re-write them and keep them human readable.

]]> By: David Adams http://rc3.org/2008/09/23/google-on-rewriting-dynamic-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-3046 David Adams Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:02:43 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8510#comment-3046 <p>Yes, I've never really heard of concerns about URLs with querystrings causing problems with search engines, but clean, meaningful URLs are preferable not only from a UI standpoint, but from a long-term link health standpoint: if you switch CMSes or your CMS switches URI patterns, an artificial, meaningful, abstracted, rewritten URI can stay the same and keep old links working.</p> Yes, I’ve never really heard of concerns about URLs with querystrings causing problems with search engines, but clean, meaningful URLs are preferable not only from a UI standpoint, but from a long-term link health standpoint: if you switch CMSes or your CMS switches URI patterns, an artificial, meaningful, abstracted, rewritten URI can stay the same and keep old links working.

]]> By: Wesley Walser http://rc3.org/2008/09/23/google-on-rewriting-dynamic-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-3045 Wesley Walser Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:29:51 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8510#comment-3045 <p>Giving users meaningful, memorable urls is not, however, obsolete. Keep rewriting urls please.</p> Giving users meaningful, memorable urls is not, however, obsolete. Keep rewriting urls please.

]]> By: Jason! http://rc3.org/2008/09/23/google-on-rewriting-dynamic-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-3044 Jason! Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:56:29 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=8510#comment-3044 <p>Didn't they also once say that catchy domain names were obsolete?</p> Didn’t they also once say that catchy domain names were obsolete?

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