Is this something people would be interested in? I'd be interested to know people's thoughts, and the best place to implement something like this in the pipeline.
If you use umbracoUrlAlias, you will have duplicate URLs.
If you use umbracoUrlAlias, you have to set the caconical, otherwise you have a problem. But that's pretty straightforward.
I'm questioning the way umbracoUrlAlias works.
In the majority of causes why not just redirect to the actual page.
The benefit of the alias is 'before' the page is served, when you serve the page you want the correct URL.
umbracoUrlAlias, is it useful?
Is umbracoUrlAlias useful, yes.
But, by using umbracoUrlAlias, you are creating 'duplicate' content, which is not very good for your SEO :-(
Alternative URL's are important.
Short URL's makes user life's easier, and are important for a variety of joys such as good Google AdWords scoring.
What's needed is, URL aliases that REDIRECT to the node.
E.g.
http://umbraco.com/products/more-add-ons/courier-2.aspx
URL Alias(s)
http://umbraco.com/Courier-Umbraco-Deployment
http://umbraco.com/Courier-2
http://umbraco.com/Courier
This resolves the problem of duplicate content.
Is this something people would be interested in? I'd be interested to know people's thoughts, and the best place to implement something like this in the pipeline.
Happy December 5th! Laurence
Can't you use http://our.umbraco.org/projects/developer-tools/301-url-tracker for that?
Guess you could extend it with a custom datatype that allows you to insert URL Alias and that would then sync with the 301 URL Tracker
... or "uComponents to the rescue!"? 301 Moved Permanently Not Found Handler.
if you have to have duplicate urls (sometimes you might) setting the Cononical URL value helps you get past SEO worries.
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/specify-your-canonical.html
If you use umbracoUrlAlias, you will have duplicate URLs.
If you use umbracoUrlAlias, you have to set the caconical, otherwise you have a problem. But that's pretty straightforward.
I'm questioning the way umbracoUrlAlias works.
In the majority of causes why not just redirect to the actual page.
The benefit of the alias is 'before' the page is served, when you serve the page you want the correct URL.
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