SEO 2017 S&A

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  • cherub0

    Under "Arguments for flat URLs" #3. "Usability"

    "The shorter a URL is, the more user-friendly, sharable, and marketable it is, leading to increased conversion."

    As far as user experience goes, I would agree that really long, deeply nested URLs aren't user friendly. But it's still more user friendly than www.somesite.com/2x546zb3/menu.h…...
    and that's short.

    Basically a hierarchical struture is intuitive for the end user. But, at the cost of SEO.

    • i prefer short urls with an end point that is keyword rich. i question deeply nested urls bein user friendly as theyre not interactie breadcrumbs. better to havtrooperbill
    • /bags/leather-hand-b... (cat)
      or
      /bags/abc-123-leathe...
      over
      /bags/handbags/leath...
      trooperbill
    • plus this means you can have a product repeated in different categories but always referenced to a static URL (no canonicalisation needed) better for SEOtrooperbill

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