> yes, its permanent. we did it for a couple reaons. > > 1.) looks better than passing variables on the right > 2.) index spiders just *LOVE* it when there are keywords in the URL, as > opposed to just the body or meta tags. they give higher relevance when > there are keywords in the URL as well. > > this is the super sexy swinging URL formatting we were talking about. If > you cruise around teh site you'll notice that most of the URL's now look > 'real', not just article ones. the only ones that dont are form > submissions, which robots don't follow anyways. very cool. urls with some indication of the content to come are helpful. better to have http://test.evolt.org/article/The_winter_is_going/25/4148/index.cfm http://test.evolt.org/article/Weather_outside_is_frightful/25/4152/index.cfm http://test.evolt.org/article/Testing_approval/18/4109/index.cfm than http://test.evolt.org/article/25/4148/index.cfm http://test.evolt.org/article/25/4152/index.cfm http://test.evolt.org/article/18/4109/index.cfm and trying to guess which is which. is it possible to have a shorter version without the article titles though? http://test.evolt.org/article/18/4109/index.cfm or http://test.evolt.org/18/4109/index.cfm don't appear to work. i'm just thinking of people pasting URLs into emails and having them wrap. with the weather outside article above, i had to delete a few words to get it to wrap ok. even with the contracted article title, the link still works. can you give a lowdown on how it works? will it work with article/anything/18/4109/index.cfm ? or does the stuff straight after "article" have to bear ANY relevance to the article title at all? ie, could someone paste: http://test.evolt.org/article/this_is_a_great_article/18/4109/index.cfm ? i