[Forum] Mod Rewrite Friendly URLs or Advanced Friendly URLs

[aww]

which option is best? i currently have Advanced Friendly URLs enabled but some say Mod Rewrite Friendly URLs is better for SEO could someone give me some tips? thanks

[Wayne Luke]

With modern search engines, both styles of links have the same number of keywords in them and would give pretty much the same benefit. The key benefit of mod_rewrite URLs is that the url is cleaner overall.

[too_cool_3]

Why does vbulletin.com use friendly URL's instead of mod_rewrite URL's?

Thanks,
Marc

[Wayne Luke]

Why does vbulletin.com use friendly URL's instead of mod_rewrite URL's?

Thanks,
Marc

Don't know.

[too_cool_3]

If mod_rewrite URL's are used, can this pose any problems when upgrading vBulletin over using friendly URL's ?

[Loco.M]

I'd suggest using the standard url's
but that's just me

[Wayne Luke]

If mod_rewrite URL's are used, can this pose any problems when upgrading vBulletin over using friendly URL's ?

Upgrading is the same regardless of the URLs you use. The difference is that if you change you're URL structure, the search engines will take a while to show those new URLs across all pages. However your old vBulletin URLs should still work.