Hi:

I am newbise. I see these two softwares "LinkFreeze and ISAPI" are for the same purpose. Which one is best?

I am developing a website which have 1000s of products. And i need search engine ranking. Any advaise is welcome.

Thanks
Burhan

what server are you on ?

you only need those products if you are hosting on windows, and most ISPs will not let you install them...

Linux has it's own rewrite engine so you don't need them either...

DaveN

ISAPI is a generic protocol for writing IIS server modules and is used by several companies to make URL-rewrite software that more or less emulate the "original" mod_rewrite module for Apache. As Dave said, you only use ISAPI if you are on a Windows server and if you are usinga shared hosting your host will most likely not install it. You need a dedicated server. If you are on Apache it is much more likely that the module needed is already installed and if not, its more likely your host will as it is essentially part of Apache and not some third party product.

Yes i am using Windows 98 and shared hosting.

These two softwares are only for changing the rewrite the URL. Can we achive search engine ranking by using this?

Is here any other why to replace url as static in dynamic pages?

Thanks
Burhan

Can we achive search engine ranking by using this?

Well, not exactly. You can get indexed this way - but if you are not indexed you wont rank at all. If you are indexed at least to have the chance to rank. But it usually takes a bit more than just indexing. However, once all your pages are indexed you will find a lot more advice here in the forums about what you can do to further optimize the pages.

Indexing is first step - you can't avoid that.


Is here any other why to replace url as static in dynamic pages?

You can use the old "404 trick" however, it is NOT a very good solution, so I won't even waste your time explaining how it works :)

You really do need acces to the server and some geeks that can help you set it up. Rewriting URL's may sound very advanced to most non-tech people but to most engineers it is actually not that difficult - once they grab the concept.

Thanks for your reply.

I have website which contain 100s of products. But only one ASP page can handle these 100 products. Like i only pass product id by querystring, and the products is showen in page. Like:
www.mysite.com/product.asp?productid=2

In this case how 404 trick can be used?
Remember i have shared hosting with windows.

Thanks
Burhan

On a shared hosting I am afraid it will be difficult. I am not really sure what your best options would be. I am, not in favor of the 404 trick - and even that require some server adjustments. It's not easy to be small :)

You should really consider a dedicated server. They are actualy not that expensive anymore and you gain so much more flexibility - and then on top of that you get your own IP.

An update to this thread: you can use both of these products from HeliconTech by working with this hosting provider. http://www.appliedi.net/news-archive.html

e2andrew

try to use URL Rewrite for MS IIS (http://www.smalig.com/url_rewrite/)