ive noticed alot of sites use rewrite rules in apache for seo purposes. for example, in vbulletin there is a mod that rewrites all requests to a url like blah.com/forum/post.php?id=2394234 TO blah.com/bicycle-shopping-etc.php

 therefore, you have all the seo benefits of a good address, without 1000's of files. how can you do something like this in iis?
 

You can use an HttpModule to rewrite the url

Hi mod84,

you can achieve the same in .NET using url rewtitting.

look at ScottGu's blog

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/02/26/tip-trick-url-rewriting-with-asp-net.aspx

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You can also consider using URL Replacer, a free ISAPI filter (with source code) that you can download from here - http://www.motobit.com/help/url-replacer-rewriter/iis-mod-rewrite.asp

The URL rewriting you want to do (get the id parameter and rewrite the URL using a textual description like "bicyle-shopping-etc") requires database lookup. You need to install IIS Mod-Rewrite (fully compatible with Apache mod_rewrite) and use the RewriteMap txt: or dbm: function for static map lookup, or prg: function for external database access.

Hi,

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