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URL Rewriting using ASP.NET for SEO

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25 Feb 2009CPOL15 min read 164.7K   6.8K   130  
An article describing how to implement URL rewriting in ASP.NET using three different methods
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- 
    Note: As an alternative to hand editing this file you can use the 
    web admin tool to configure settings for your application. Use
    the Website->Asp.Net Configuration option in Visual Studio.
    A full list of settings and comments can be found in 
    machine.config.comments usually located in 
    \Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.x\Config 
-->
<configuration>
	<appSettings />
	<connectionStrings />
	<system.web>
		<httpHandlers>
			<add verb="*" path="*.html" type="BetterUrlRewriter" validate="false" />
		</httpHandlers>
		<!-- 
            Set compilation debug="true" to insert debugging 
            symbols into the compiled page. Because this 
            affects performance, set this value to true only 
            during development.
        -->
		<compilation debug="true">
		</compilation>
		<!--
            The <authentication> section enables configuration 
            of the security authentication mode used by 
            ASP.NET to identify an incoming user. 
        -->
		<authentication mode="Windows" />
		<!--
            The <customErrors> section enables configuration 
            of what to do if/when an unhandled error occurs 
            during the execution of a request. Specifically, 
            it enables developers to configure html error pages 
            to be displayed in place of a error stack trace.

        <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="GenericErrorPage.htm">
            <error statusCode="403" redirect="NoAccess.htm" />
            <error statusCode="404" redirect="FileNotFound.htm" />
        </customErrors>
        -->
	</system.web>
    <system.webServer>
        <handlers>
            <add name="*.html_*" path="*.html" verb="*" type="BetterUrlRewriter" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv2.0" />
        </handlers>
        <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>

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Written By
Technical Lead Hidalgo Limited
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Steve is an MCP and senior software developer for Hidalgo Limited (http://www.hidalgo.co.uk).

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