Great post, and couldn't have been more timely... We just fixed this on a server using IIS7. It's not as easy as Linux mod rewrites but it definitely works. I was going to post on this one myself because of the lack of info on the Web about canonicalization of index.asp files to 301 redirect to the root folder!
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Kyle James
· 1 year ago
@Jon & Adam - glad you guys found this article timely and useful. It's definitely one of those web standard things that needs to be thought about and just done on every site. Especially considering it takes all of 10 minutes to do properly and can save tons of headaches down the road.
Kirk
· 1 year ago
well i am just glad to have read this information, i have heard of this before, but you have explained it more clearly, shed some light for me... thanks kyle!
Excellent post -- this is something I believe not enough SEO's take seriously. (Not to mention the usability issue of having two apparent URLs.) Search Engine Guide also did a nice piece on the mod_rewrite process: http://www.searchengineguide.com/stoney-degeyte...
TigerTom: Personal LoanShark
· 1 year ago
I can handle Perl and PHP, but Apache Mod_Rewrite drives me batty sometimes.
He who can master it, however, shall be greatly pleased at the results. Oh yes.
Coupon Jill
· 11 months ago
Wow! I didn't know this. I guess I better start making sure all of my links point to the same place or use a 301 redirect.
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Especially on our numerous sub-domains and clients that demand a www.project.university.edu
Drives me batty.
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He who can master it, however, shall be greatly pleased at the results. Oh yes.