Url mapping in ASP.NET MVC

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I'm working on a new blog website created using ASP.NET MVC. I'm wondering what is the best way to map an url to a post. Currently I implemented in such a way an user can browse to a post by two ways through category or archive:

http://myblog.com/JavaScript/encapsulation_in_js (/PostCategory/Post)
http://myblog.com/archive/2010/12/encapsulation_in_js (/Archive/Year/Month/Post)

Is there any problem on doing so?

casperOne · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-16 15:15:59Z

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The trouble with this is that there is not 1 finite URL for a post - this will provide search engine ranking dilution. The ranking for the post will be split across 2 different links

The way you could handle this is that you could have a 301 redirect from 1 to 2 or from 2 to 1 and when a user hits either of the link then they will be taken to the finite URL

edited May 16, 2011 at 15:15

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VJAI Over a year ago

Thanks for that information Paul. I thought there may some problems comes up in SEO.. I think better to eliminate the first mapping. Waiting for more comments before mark your reply as answer.

VJAI Over a year ago

i hope u r correct duplicate urls may reduce the page rank, marked as answer.

Fenton Over a year ago

+1 - Agree with this answer. Additional source for more information: Tim Berners-Lee "Cool URIs Don't Change"... w3.org/Provider/Style/URI

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