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[Dreamchaser]

Hi Rick,

That was indeed interesting, I would like to know more about SEO, as I
am just a begineer, would you suggest me some site or do you have a
your own personal tutorial site or a blog ?

Regards,
Dreamchaser

On 3/5/06, Rick Beckman <rick.beckman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Having ".html" doesn't do a whole lot for SEO; actually, having it
> there reduces the keyword density since it lengthens the URL without
> actually adding anything to it.
>
> The W3C actually recommend not having file extensions, as they are not
> future proof. If the standard in 10 years is .xzl or something, and
> you convert all of your .html to that, then all of your URLs will need
> updated. Leaving off a file extension prevents that situation from
> ever happening, as no file extension is there to worry about.
>
> Personally, I prefer the structure of /post id/post name/, which keeps
> the URL short while providing the keywords of the post itself,
> assuming the title is made proper use of.
>
> --
> Rick Beckman
>
> On 3/5/06, Dreamchaser <dreamchaser at gmail.com> wrote:
> > If someone still wanna try something like what I requested, check the
> > link I posted in previous message or, put this in structure :
> > /%category%/%postname%.html and update your .htaccess file!
> >
> > You get >> http://www.yoururl.com/catrgory-name/post-name.html which
> > is very helpful for SEO :) !
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dreamchaser
> >
> > On 3/5/06, Dreamchaser <dreamchaser at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > This helps me a lot > http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks
> > >
> > > On 3/5/06, Metaopolis <metaopolis at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Of course you will need to take out my crap from the .htaccess file
> > > >
> > > > to look like this:
> > > >
> > > > # BEGIN WordPress
> > > > <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
> > > > RewriteEngine On
> > > > RewriteBase /
> > > > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
> > > > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
> > > > RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
> > > > </IfModule>
> > > >
> > > > # END WordPress
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 3/5/06, David House <dmhouse at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On 05/03/06, Metaopolis <metaopolis at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > In the structure field try:
> > > > > > /%category%/%postname%/
> > > > >
> > > > > This is not a supported permalink structure and causes problems with
> > > > > Pages.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > -David House, dmhouse at gmail.com, http://xmouse.ithium.net
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