On today's Internet, database driven or dynamic sites such as e-commerce stores are very popular. Unfortunately the easiest way to pass information between your pages is with a query string. In case you don't know what a query string is, it's a string of information tacked onto the end of a URL after a question mark.

So, what's the problem with that? Well, most search engines will not index any pages that have a question mark or other character (like an ampersand or equals sign) in the URL. So all of those popular dynamic sites out there aren't being indexed - and what good is a site if no one can find it?

The solution? Search engine friendly URLs.

Example of Category URL
Before: /index.php?cPath=30
Optimized: /Mens/c30/index.html

Example of Product URL
Before: /product_info.php?cPath=30&products_id=53
Optimized: /Mens/c30/p53/poloshirt/product_info.html

After modification , there is no additional work to maintain optimization. Your existing URLs will continue to work while your new URLs are being indexed (no dreaded 404s!). This modification manages URLs in both root and subdirectory installations and functions with osCommerce sites and CRE Loaded 6.2. It also supports multiple languages and is compatible with the use of static html pages in your site.