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Limbo · 31-10-2005, 05:05

I'm with you - MSN and Yahoo do a better job on the sites I have produced, but sadly love it or hate it, Google still takes the market share of over 80% of daily searches worldwide...

thomasvining · 31-10-2005, 20:12

yep, totally in agreement with you guys - we're getting shed loads more visits from msn, and it seems to be updating it's index insanely quickly. We seem to publish an article one day, and get searches for it the next day, which is wicked.

Not quite sure about Yahoo - their bots have only visited a couple of times, and we don't seem to get much from them. Perhaps they're not keen on our dynamic URLs.... not sure. Might look into that whole mod_rewrite thingy for the dynamic URLs, although it seems to be fine with Google and MSN, which makes me think its best just to leave it.

Any of you know much about mod_rewrite and if its worth using?

pgo · 01-11-2005, 00:57

I don't know much about mod_rewrite (a function of .htaccess, IIRC), but clean URLs are always nice. They're easier to read for humans and the word is that they're better for SEO.

Limbo · 01-11-2005, 05:35

My interpretation of the dynamic url debate:

Think of urls like a boat on an ocean, You (google) dive off and swim around, if your boat is anchored (fixed url) you cant get back easliy beacuse your boats is not going anywhere, but boats with no anchor float off and can be hard (not impossible) to get back to.

The odd solid non-dynamic inbound link is a good thing, but I have seen many sites with dynamic urls rank well - content as usual.

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31-10-2005, 05:05	#21 (permalink)
Limbo Another turn. Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,021	I'm with you - MSN and Yahoo do a better job on the sites I have produced, but sadly love it or hate it, Google still takes the market share of over 80% of daily searches worldwide...

31-10-2005, 20:12	#22 (permalink)
thomasvining Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Tokyo Posts: 379	yep, totally in agreement with you guys - we're getting shed loads more visits from msn, and it seems to be updating it's index insanely quickly. We seem to publish an article one day, and get searches for it the next day, which is wicked. Not quite sure about Yahoo - their bots have only visited a couple of times, and we don't seem to get much from them. Perhaps they're not keen on our dynamic URLs.... not sure. Might look into that whole mod_rewrite thingy for the dynamic URLs, although it seems to be fine with Google and MSN, which makes me think its best just to leave it. Any of you know much about mod_rewrite and if its worth using?

01-11-2005, 00:57	#23 (permalink)
pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	I don't know much about mod_rewrite (a function of .htaccess, IIRC), but clean URLs are always nice. They're easier to read for humans and the word is that they're better for SEO.

01-11-2005, 05:35	#24 (permalink)
Limbo Another turn. Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,021	My interpretation of the dynamic url debate: Think of urls like a boat on an ocean, You (google) dive off and swim around, if your boat is anchored (fixed url) you cant get back easliy beacuse your boats is not going anywhere, but boats with no anchor float off and can be hard (not impossible) to get back to. The odd solid non-dynamic inbound link is a good thing, but I have seen many sites with dynamic urls rank well - content as usual.

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