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Tim, I think URL re-writes can be a great way to make URL’s easier for people and robots to understand. In this case a URL such as: http://www.example.com/article/bin/answer.foo?language=en&answer=3&sid=9... getting changed to http://www.example.com/article/bin/answer.foo/en/3/98971298178906/URL is still using “bin”, “answer.foo”, “URL” and “98971298178906″ which are irrelevant pieces of information that probably don’t need to be included in the rewritten URL. I do agree that shorter URL’s are generally better.
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Tim, I think URL re-writes
Tim, I think URL re-writes can be a great way to make URL’s easier for people and robots to understand. In this case a URL such as: http://www.example.com/article/bin/answer.foo?language=en&answer=3&sid=9... getting changed to http://www.example.com/article/bin/answer.foo/en/3/98971298178906/URL is still using “bin”, “answer.foo”, “URL” and “98971298178906″ which are irrelevant pieces of information that probably don’t need to be included in the rewritten URL. I do agree that shorter URL’s are generally better.