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[jonsp]

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cheers, i'll ask the question of my host.

Just thought of another way you could do this with ASP if your host won't install isapirewrite.
1/ Set up a custom error page in IIS - every host offers this facility.
2/ Call it 404.asp
3/ make a url such as You.com/Products/Books
4/ As this url doesn't exist when a user requests it IIS will redirect to 404.asp
5/ on 404.asp you have some code which checks the 404 url for "/Products/"
6/ If found pull out the last bit "Books" in this case then do
<%server.transfer "/products.asp?cat=books" %>

It works because when IIS redirects to a custom 404 page the requested page is passed along in the query string. To pull out the url from the query string use code like this

<%
url = Request.ServerVariables("QUERY_STRING") 
if len(url) > 0 then 
       url= right(url,len(url)-4) 
end if 
%>

Once you have the url you can parse it for whatever pattern you want. This is a bit of a hack but it should work - still look at isapi or asp.net first.

[submantom]

excellent... that's thinking outside the box!

my host said they wouldn't install it on shared boxes but, in all fairness, offered to help with asp.net.

But that sounds like a work around that would work - how would google see that? I guess it's no different from isapirewrite?

thanks for your help on this

[scdlewis]

Hi all,

When making a sitemap you can tell Google how often your content changes - e.g. weekly or monthly. If it changes less often than you specify in your sitemap, will Google penalise you?

Thanks,

Simon

[miracure]

Chris ,

Are you still running compare store prices as i am interested in advertising. please contact me via email sales@mensandladieswatches.co.uk

Thanks

Marc

[bargainbl]

Dear Chris,

I'd be very interested in learning more about comparing prices, however I am after price comparison for a particular media type.

Any help would be appreciated

Nik