[ic] Apache Config Question

Dan B interchange-users@lists.akopia.com
Tue Jun 5 19:08:00 2001


At 04:36 PM 6/5/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 02:25:32PM -0600, John Beima wrote:
> > Using that solution will also cause many seach engines to reject your
> > submission... Most search engines will NOT accept sites that are 
> re-diretected
> > or re-written...
> >
>Sorry, but this is not true, unless you explicitly tell it to do redirects,
>Apache rewrites are internal, there is no way for a search engine to tell
>that the url was rewritten.

True.  Another solution is to generate a static home page periodically in 
your root dir.  This has the added side benefit of increasing the speed of 
loading your home page (regular Apache tuning, etc.).  But of course, 
disallows interchange fun for your home page.

HTH,

Dan Browning, Cyclone Computer Systems, danb@cyclonecomputers.com