SE-Friendly URL's with PHP... not mod_rewrite??
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:26 pm
Hey guys... I have some scripts that I am interested in doing some SE-friendly URL'ing to (ie. mod_rewrite). After searching for some tutorials on how to do mod_rewrite... I came across this tutorial on how to achieve the same thing but instead of using mod_rewrite engine... it uses PHP instead:
http://www.tutorio.com/tutorial/php-alt ... endly-urls
At the end of the tutorial, they gave some comparison opinions between Mod_Rewrite and the PHP method:
Comparison with mod_rewrite
Flexibility:
Mod_rewrite is much more flexible than the php method, but whats fexible to some is complicated to others
SEO:
I think that both are pretty much equal. The only problem with the php method is the urls sometimes become very long. Still this is more of a user friendliesness problem than a SEO problem
Sever Resources:
This is where the php method really shines, specially for larger sites. Because doing mod_rewrite on sites with a lot of pages takes up a large amount of resources. This is also the reason why tutorio.com uses the php method for our urls.
Is this true? Have any of you guys used this method? I have quite a bit of DB apps that are going to have quite a many (thousands) of pages (much like these forums) and am considering server resources (eventhough I have a dedicated luckily). So any advice on this matter is greatly appreciated. Thanks for your replies.
http://www.tutorio.com/tutorial/php-alt ... endly-urls
At the end of the tutorial, they gave some comparison opinions between Mod_Rewrite and the PHP method:
Comparison with mod_rewrite
Flexibility:
Mod_rewrite is much more flexible than the php method, but whats fexible to some is complicated to others
SEO:
I think that both are pretty much equal. The only problem with the php method is the urls sometimes become very long. Still this is more of a user friendliesness problem than a SEO problem
Sever Resources:
This is where the php method really shines, specially for larger sites. Because doing mod_rewrite on sites with a lot of pages takes up a large amount of resources. This is also the reason why tutorio.com uses the php method for our urls.
Is this true? Have any of you guys used this method? I have quite a bit of DB apps that are going to have quite a many (thousands) of pages (much like these forums) and am considering server resources (eventhough I have a dedicated luckily). So any advice on this matter is greatly appreciated. Thanks for your replies.