You can also implement mod_rewrite using a .htaccess file.

You can find out more on "Mod-Rewrite" by reading the topics and posts here: Mod Rewrite Forums

You will find that a search engine friendly url has many benefits and help to get pages indexed and ranking quickly. The vbSEO program works well if you have a VBforum, but what if you dont? I am not sure if crawlability has released their phpBB version or IPB version yet, so if you have either of those boards or a different board like miniBB you may have to find something else.

The best way aside from a program is to use Apache Mod_rewrite in a .htaccess file to restructure your urls to be more search engine friendly and indexable.

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