How to make SEF URL for PHP/MySQL web site
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Hi mozzers!
I'm fairly new to SEO topic, but I'm learning fast because all of you, so please take my warm thanks first!
The problem: I have a web site based on PHP/MySQL that has no SEF addresses, it's made by unknown CMS, so I cannot use any extensions or modules, I have to write my own SEF extension.
The question: Would you suggest me, please an article or idea, what I need to make my URLs search engine friendly? What's best to use: .htaccess or something else?
This is the aforementioned web site: www.nortrak.bg
Thanks a lot,
Kolio
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Hello Everyone,
I'm new here and just getting back into SEO (a little bit) after not doing anything 'myself' for a couple of years. My question is along the same subject. Currently my individual URLs show as: https://www.example.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=107 (dynamic responsive site).
I can switch it to a static site, so the individual product pages read as:https://www.example.com/catalog/category name/product name-107.html
It's still a long URL, but it would be keyword rich. Some of my current dynamic pages are indexed,and due to an upgrade I had to do several months back, I already have some redirects (301) from my php extensions to the one listed above. This is my long explanation to my following questions:
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Does having a dynamic or static site matter when ranking in search engines
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I already have some redirects coming my older site to this dynamic site, so I would have to make more directs from the dynamic site to my static site - is this okay to do?
I'm really at a loss, a couple of years ago, I ranked 1-3 (on Page 1) on Google for all my keywords, (all White Hat work), and now I'm into great abyss of no mans land of the internet (ranked on Page 3+)
Thank you for any and all help from everyone!
~Sandra
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Thank you Saibose!
What to do with old URLs that are already in SERP should I make redirection rules separately? I've found two more articles, that clarifies the SEF-topic:
Explanation of the problem and a tool for generating .htaccess rules
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I would suggest that depending on the number of pages, you can either do a htaccess based redirection or an apache mod redirect.
Here is an article which could help you.
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