3 replies to this topic

[George Scifo]

Hi friends,
I designed a new site for my client using Joomla. The site is 100% dynamic one. but the problem is the the URLs of my site is also showing like dynamic URLs. for eg.

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http://www.sitename.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=55&pid=55

This looks some thing odd. Will this create problems in getting idnexed in major search engines. Is there any option in Joomla to convert this dynamic URL into a SEO friendly URL. If so please explain and help me out ASAP.

Edited by Randy, 17 April 2008 - 06:51 AM.

[Randy]

There's a bit too much going on in the example url in my opinion. It has 5 variable/value pairs.

As a general rule you'll want to keep the number of variables in your query string to 3 or under. I try to keep the count to 2 or fewer for new sites.

Whether Joomla has a module or way of correcting this issue is something I can't answer since I don't use that particular platform. If I had to guess though, I'd guess that they do have a way to make the urls a bit more spider friendly. Most dynmic platforms do these days.

[shijk]

http:/ /help.joomla.org/content/view/1445/278/

Looks like its in the Joomla Global configuration.

SEO Settings

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization.

Search Engine Friendly URLs. When set to Yes, URLs are rewritten to be more friendly for search engine spiders. For example, the URL: www.example.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=etc..., would turn into: www.example.com/alias. Most of the items created in Joomla! have an Alias box where a search engine friendly URL can be inserted. The default setting is No.

Use Apache mod_rewrite. When set to Yes, Joomla! will use the mod_rewrite settings of Apache when creating search engine friendly URLs. Please note: it is advised that you do not modify any .htaccess file without an understanding of how it works. You must use the .htaccess file provided with Joomla! in order to use this setting. To use this file, rename the htaccess.txt file (found in the root directory) to .htaccess. By default, this setting is set to No.

Add suffix to URLs. When set to Yes, Joomla! will add .html to the end of the URLs. The default setting is No

Edited by Randy, 17 April 2008 - 08:48 AM.
Live url broken per forum rules.

[megaanaustin]

nice explanation shijk.