Windows URL rewrite that is SEO Safe

[rockcoastmedia]

Hi All,

I have been frustrated as an ASP developer with the inability to make my dynamic content SE friendly. My URL's always had the term "id=" or some combination of URL parameters. This of course makes my sites less search engine friendly unless I put my sites on an Apache Server.

I have finally found the solution and want to share it with everyone. If you are not on an Apache Server there is no built in function to a modrewrite. I have recently found software, which many shared hosting providers are willing to install, which allows for a Windows based solution, similar to that of the Apache solution. The program is IISRewrite - http://qwerksoft.com/products/iisrewrite/.

The program runs on ASP and makes the change on the server side prior to the server parsing the ASP code and serving it up, so it is SEO safe.

We are now using this at Rock Coast Media for all of our Windows based clients.

[SanDiegoSEO]

I have, for the past few years, been using the ISAPI Filter www.isapirewrite.com, when optimizing dynamic websites on IIS.

[Nacho]

.NET has one that’s built in.

[pokersearch]

.NET has one that’s built in.
Called RewritePath(). Just use it in the global.asax file.
Thought I would add this, took me awhile to find what it was called.
To learn more about it just google rewritepath and a handful of articles are avialable
Sub Application_BeginRequest(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
HttpContext.Current.RewritePath("/some.page.aspx")
End Sub