Comments on: ASP.NET 2 + url rewriting considered harmful in some cases http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/asp-net-2-and-url-rewriting-sometimes-harmful/ neat fun stuff Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:22:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brad http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/asp-net-2-and-url-rewriting-sometimes-harmful/#comment-110113 Brad Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:54:23 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=326#comment-110113 Has anyone come up with a rewrite rule to be able to rewrite an arbitrary number of querystring elements? Ex: /sb-kw-KEYWORD-page-3-anything-anythingvalue-anything2-an ything2value-.aspx nextsearch.aspx?keyword=KEYWORD&page=3&anything=anythingvalue&anything2=anythingvalue2 etc Thoughts? Has anyone come up with a rewrite rule to be able to rewrite an arbitrary number of querystring elements?

Ex:
/sb-kw-KEYWORD-page-3-anything-anythingvalue-anything2-an ything2value-.aspx

nextsearch.aspx?keyword=KEYWORD&page=3&anything=anythingvalue&anything2=anythingvalue2

etc

Thoughts?

]]> By: Paul http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/asp-net-2-and-url-rewriting-sometimes-harmful/#comment-108385 Paul Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:24:47 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=326#comment-108385 I use IIS Rewrite for IIS. I am able to write user friendly URLs like: <a href="http://jobs.verkoops.com/items/job_industry_equal_technology_and_keyword_equal_sql_and_salary_over_75000" rel="nofollow">http://jobs.verkoops.com/items/job_industry_equal_technology_and_keyword_equal_sql_and_salary_over_75000</a> In a regular ASP.Net page this would have a bunch on URL parameters, but not with IIS Rewrite for IIS. I use IIS Rewrite for IIS. I am able to write user friendly URLs like:

http://jobs.verkoops.com/items/job_industry_equal_technology_and_keyword_equal_sql_and_salary_over_75000

In a regular ASP.Net page this would have a bunch on URL parameters, but not with IIS Rewrite for IIS.

]]> By: Jenny W http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/asp-net-2-and-url-rewriting-sometimes-harmful/#comment-98527 Jenny W Sun, 04 Mar 2007 15:30:01 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=326#comment-98527 As usual, great article Matt! You might like <a title="Force Apache to output any HTTP Status Code with ErrorDocument" href="http://www.askapache.com/2007/htaccess/apache-status-code-headers-errordocument.html" rel="nofollow">Force Apache to output any HTTP Status Code with ErrorDocument</a> <blockquote cite="http://www.askapache.com/2007/htaccess/apache-status-code-headers-errordocument.html">I setup an automated system to view all 57 Apache Response codes and ErrorDocuments, saving the headers and returned content for future reference. Use this page as a reference when designing scripts that use headers. Ex: 404 Not Found, 200 OK, 304 Not-Modified, 506 Service Temporarily Unavailable, etc. When a Status code is encountered, Apache serves the header and the ErrorDocument for the error code. So if you can see any Header and ErrorDocument by causing that error on Apache. For instance, if you request a file that doesn’t exist, a 404 Not Found is issued and the corresponding ErrorDocument is served with the 404 Not Found Header. So we can see what Apache 404 Errors and Response Codes look like, but how do we cause errors for the 56 other Apache Response Codes?</blockquote> As usual, great article Matt!

You might like Force Apache to output any HTTP Status Code with ErrorDocument

I setup an automated system to view all 57 Apache Response codes and ErrorDocuments, saving the headers and returned content for future reference. Use this page as a reference when designing scripts that use headers. Ex: 404 Not Found, 200 OK, 304 Not-Modified, 506 Service Temporarily Unavailable, etc.

When a Status code is encountered, Apache serves the header and the ErrorDocument for the error code. So if you can see any Header and ErrorDocument by causing that error on Apache.

For instance, if you request a file that doesn’t exist, a 404 Not Found is issued and the corresponding ErrorDocument is served with the 404 Not Found Header. So we can see what Apache 404 Errors and Response Codes look like, but how do we cause errors for the 56 other Apache Response Codes?

]]> By: Anthony Hook http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/asp-net-2-and-url-rewriting-sometimes-harmful/#comment-97418 Anthony Hook Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:07:02 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=326#comment-97418 Hi I am using ASP.NET 2.0, Isapi_Rewrite (Helicon). I have a set of pages that when requested under the Isapi Filter they render then after 1 minute or so they display "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage". The page is been rendered in what would be a .NET 1.1 Virtual Directory, but is Running under .NET 2.0 (But i couldnt see this as an issue). Has anyone else had this? Is it an issue with .NET 2.0 or the ISAPI extension, i have raised this with Helicon, but no response as yet. The links are as follows for your info: Under ISAPI - http://www.packyourbags.com/Travel-Guide/Default.aspx Not under ISAPI - http://www.packyourbags.com/pys-netv2/travel-guide/Default.aspx If anyone has come across the same thing i would be interested to know. Regards Anthony Hook Hi

I am using ASP.NET 2.0, Isapi_Rewrite (Helicon).

I have a set of pages that when requested under the Isapi Filter they render then after 1 minute or so they display “Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage”.

The page is been rendered in what would be a .NET 1.1 Virtual Directory, but is Running under .NET 2.0 (But i couldnt see this as an issue).

Has anyone else had this? Is it an issue with .NET 2.0 or the ISAPI extension, i have raised this with Helicon, but no response as yet.

The links are as follows for your info:

Under ISAPI – http://www.packyourbags.com/Travel-Guide/Default.aspx
Not under ISAPI – http://www.packyourbags.com/pys-netv2/travel-guide/Default.aspx

If anyone has come across the same thing i would be interested to know.

Regards
Anthony Hook

]]> By: ASP.NET AdSense web control develoepr http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/asp-net-2-and-url-rewriting-sometimes-harmful/#comment-96004 ASP.NET AdSense web control develoepr Sat, 03 Feb 2007 23:43:03 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=326#comment-96004 Thanks for info. I'm developing an ASP.NET 2.0 web controls to display Google AdSense units e.g. AdUnit/LinkUnit and wanted and used to use url rewriting for the library's website http://AdSenseASP.NET/2.0-WebControls/ but will check is it and issue or not. Thanks for info.

I’m developing an ASP.NET 2.0 web controls to display Google AdSense units e.g. AdUnit/LinkUnit and wanted and used to use url rewriting for the library’s website http://AdSenseASP.NET/2.0-WebControls/ but will check is it and issue or not.

]]> By: Url Rewriting in asp.net 2.0 for virtual directories http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/asp-net-2-and-url-rewriting-sometimes-harmful/#comment-90245 Url Rewriting in asp.net 2.0 for virtual directories Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:10:48 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=326#comment-90245 Hey, I just wrote an article about <a href="http://www.4invent.com/post73-URL-Rewriting-in-ASP.NET-2.0.aspx" rel="nofollow">Url Rewriting in asp.net 2.0 for virtual directories</a> Hey,
I just wrote an article about Url Rewriting in asp.net 2.0 for virtual directories

]]> By: makulit http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/asp-net-2-and-url-rewriting-sometimes-harmful/#comment-69133 makulit Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:00:01 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=326#comment-69133 Hi, I'm hoping someone could help me with a dilemma I'm facing right now. After reading articles about dynamic URLs and how they are not SEO friendly, I am convinced that help improve our website SERP position we should consider using static URLs. But the problem is convincing our programmers to do a rewrite for it will take them months to do the job. So here are a couple of questions for you guys... Our site uses the following URL format for almost all of the articles we publish: http://www.xyz.com/xyz/headlines/article_display.jsp?xyz_content_id=1002985563 1. Will search engines have a problem crawling or indexing such pages? 2. Is it possible to get high rankings in SERPs with that URL? 3. Do you think rewriting URLs for dynamic pages such as the example above worthwhile? 2. Based on experience roughly how long does it take to do the rewrite? Hope to hear from you! Thanks! Hi,

I’m hoping someone could help me with a dilemma I’m facing right now. After reading articles about dynamic URLs and how they are not SEO friendly, I am convinced that help improve our website SERP position we should consider using static URLs. But the problem is convincing our programmers to do a rewrite for it will take them months to do the job. So here are a couple of questions for you guys…

Our site uses the following URL format for almost all of the articles we publish:
http://www.xyz.com/xyz/headlines/article_display.jsp?xyz_content_id=1002985563

1. Will search engines have a problem crawling or indexing such pages?
2. Is it possible to get high rankings in SERPs with that URL?
3. Do you think rewriting URLs for dynamic pages such as the example above worthwhile?
2. Based on experience roughly how long does it take to do the rewrite?

Hope to hear from you! Thanks!

]]> By: John A Davis http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/asp-net-2-and-url-rewriting-sometimes-harmful/#comment-52319 John A Davis Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:31:04 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=326#comment-52319 Well, now I know where to buy my next Acura. :) Well, now I know where to buy my next Acura.

:)

]]> By: Todd Bondy http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/asp-net-2-and-url-rewriting-sometimes-harmful/#comment-51750 Todd Bondy Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:24:05 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=326#comment-51750 Matt, My competitor is doing some tricky things with his website to boost his rank which I thought Google was supposed to catch. The term Sacramento Acura is very important to both of us. His website is www.elkgroveacura.com. He also owns an EXACT duplicate called www.sacramentoacura.com which directs all of its links to www.elkgroveacura.com. This has made it impossible to take the #1 spot for the search term. I thought Google was penalizing webmasters for this kind of activity. I have reported him several times via site maps to no avail. Is anyone looking at this kind of behavior? Matt,
My competitor is doing some tricky things with his website to boost his rank which I thought Google was supposed to catch. The term Sacramento Acura is very important to both of us. His website is http://www.elkgroveacura.com. He also owns an EXACT duplicate called http://www.sacramentoacura.com which directs all of its links to http://www.elkgroveacura.com. This has made it impossible to take the #1 spot for the search term. I thought Google was penalizing webmasters for this kind of activity. I have reported him several times via site maps to no avail. Is anyone looking at this kind of behavior?

]]> By: Web Server India http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/asp-net-2-and-url-rewriting-sometimes-harmful/#comment-50577 Web Server India Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:41:29 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=326#comment-50577 Hi Matt, The information posted here about the URL rewriting in ASP.NET 2 is really great. Earlier we have developed few URL Rewriting project successfuly in ASP.NET and google supports very well to our websites. But after reading this useful information I will take care while coding in ASP.NET 2. Hi Matt,

The information posted here about the URL rewriting in ASP.NET 2 is really great. Earlier we have developed few URL Rewriting project successfuly in ASP.NET and google supports very well to our websites. But after reading this useful information I will take care while coding in ASP.NET 2.

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