ABSTRACT
The Apache web server software has a special “rewrite” module which translates URLs containing the “?” truncation symbol into a more search engine friendly format. Once installed, the rewrite module (or mod_rewrite) can translate a URL such as: http:/ /www.catalog.co.uk/guide.html?cat=Food into the more search engine friendly https:// www.catalog.co.uk/Food/index.html
For further information see https:// httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html and A users guide to URL Rewriting with the Apache Webserver by Ralf S.Engelschall https:// www.engelschall.com/pw/apache/rewriteguide/
Cold Fusion usually creates pages with the .cfm file extension, and there is normally a “?” symbol in the URL. Normally a URL would look something along the lines of https://www.xyz.com/ page.cfm?ID=B105, but Cold Fusion can be reconfigured to generate URLs in the form https:// www.xyz.com/page.cfm/B105.
