SEO

The ideal URL for SEO

Url or the address to your webpage is very important in a SEO point of view. Lets look at the following URL’s to a page about: Training border collie puppies

  1. domainname.com/postid=251658
  2. domainname.com/blog/post/251658
  3. domainname.com/2/5/2016/training/border/collie/puppies/
  4. domainname.com/2/5/2016/training-border-collie-puppies/
  5. domainname.com/training-border-collie-puppies/
  6. domainname.com/training-border-collies/

From the 6 examples above which is preferred for SEO?

Again SEO is much about readability and simplicity then technicalities so 4-6 are fine for URL’s but…… The date in the URL is something no longer required simply because if you update the page the link will either be wrong or if you change it websites using the original link will no longer link to your content. Now with that said and done 6 is a better URL SEO wise than 5 because it has a wider range (not just puppies) and it is that little bit shorter. Another thing to keep in mind is domain names…

www.codingblog.com/training-border-collies/

doesn’t hold relevancy against

www.collieowners.com/training-border-collies/

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