Tried the 'Didzi.com' link in the Links section. I received the following error:

Error 403 - Forbidden

You tried to access a document for which you don't have privileges.

The 'test' link brought me back to the homepage. That worked OK.

dave

In a few words, could someone explain SEF and why it is so important. I understand that it means search engine friendly, but what does it actually do?

In a few words, could someone explain SEF and why it is so important. I understand that it means search engine friendly, but what does it actually do?

Joseph Kolb wrote:
On today’s Internet, database driven or dynamic sites are very popular. Unfortunately the easiest way to pass information between your pages is with a query string. In case you don’t know what a query string is, it's a string of information tacked onto the end of a URL after a question mark.

So, what’s the problem with that? Well, most search engines (with a few exceptions - namely Google) will not index any pages that have a question mark or other character (like an ampersand or equals sign) in the URL. So all of those popular dynamic sites out there aren’t being indexed - and what good is a site if no one can find it?

The solution? Search engine friendly URLs. There are a few popular ways to pass information to your pages without the use of a query string, so that search engines will still index those individual pages. I'll cover 3 of these techniques in this article. All 3 work in PHP with Apache on Linux (and while they may work in other scenarios, I cannot confirm that they do).

From http://www.sitepoint.com/article/search-engine-friendly-urls

Cheers,

Mike