Ceon URI Mapping v4.x

**DivaVocals** · 6 Mar 2013, 09:03 PM

Originally Posted by schoolboy

But it is utterly unnecessary. It will have zero influence on your SEO, and (as you are seeing) causes more problems than it solves.

Not everyone uses these modules for some perceived SEO boost.. Some people WANT pretty URLs, and there's no harm in installing this module for that purpose..

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I have to ask, is this SUPPORT THREAD really the right place to have the "re-writer's don't help SEO" discussion in response to someone's request for help??? I get that you feel strongly about these kinds of modules.. Just seems that responding to support requests with an off topic post is not the right way to approach this... Why not PM the OP??

The only "problems" the OP is having can be traced directly back to installation errors..

Originally Posted by schoolboy

If your intention is to get traction on page ranking, then go fish where the fish are. Today, the direction is the semantic web, where embedded microdata is going to be the key to good SERPS. Go take a look at schema.org, and pro web's blog on embedding "rich snippets" http://pro-webs.net/blog/2012/09/25/...org-microdata/.

I agree that this module is not an SEO magic bullet.. but again, that's not the only reason folks use this miodule.. if one wants pretty URLs, there's no HARM in using this module..

Originally Posted by schoolboy

Get your site back to core behaviour as DivaVocals advises, but avoid the temptation to follow the ignorant masses by trying to restore this module. Focus on getting to grips with what the future trends are in SEO.

Ignorant masses?? Wow.. **SMH** That's LOT harsh.. It's a LOT over the top to characterize anyone who uses this module as ignorant.. That characterization also tends to suggest that the original author of this module was also ignorant.. and Conor was NOTHING close to ignorant.. I do hope that I read this a lot harsher than you meant it..

My suggestion for the OP to restore his site was to give him a clean place to start his install over.. At the end of the day his issue is not caused by this module, but by his installation..