Search engine Plug-in for Movable Type

I noticed that most MT users use the default page names for their archives.

Examples:
Travelocity is a Joke -
http://www.thoughtsonthings.com/mt/archives/000250.html
Enterpise software sucks - http://www.davidgalbraith.org/archives/000561.html#000561
Panasonic’s WiFi phone - http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/011477.php

There is a useful function in MT that makes the filename the name of your entry:
“Domain Hell” - Thoughts on Expired Domains - http://www.thomaskorte.com/archives/domain_hell_thoughts_on_expired_domains.html#000042

Why do you want to do this?
Searchengines, and Google in particular, like keywords in the URL.
Adding this to your configuration will likely increase the traffic you get from searchengines.

How do you do it?
Very simple, just add this line in Blog Config >> Configuration >> Individual Archives:
<$MTEntryTitle dirify="1"$>.html
It will replace the default number URL with the name of your entry and ‘_’ for spaces like this one http://www.thomaskorte.com/archives/domain_hell_thoughts_on_expired_domains.html#000042

Another small change that will improve your search engine traffic is to add
to Templates >> Individual Entry Archive
This will add your entry title to the titel tag, the (<$MTBlogName$>) is your blog’s name - that is optional.

August 1, 2004 | Filed Under Thoughts |