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"If the URL looks like garbage people won’t click it" I'm not so sure of this. URLs that are over-optimised seem link-baity to me and I'm more inclined to not

• vukers 14y ago
  Completely agree... this includes domain names. At some point, searching for terms like "best hdtv 2013" would return a page full of sites with perfect urls like http://www.best-hdtv-2013.com/ http://www.best-hdtv-2013.com/, and all of them would be extremely spammy and lacking in actual content. Seems less prevalent these days.
• spyder 14y ago
  And the other thing is that we aren't really clicking on URLs, because it's just a string you cannot click on it. We are clicking on anchor texts and using ugly URLs as anchor text can be the problem. If the anchor text is a descriptive title then most (non-techie) users doesn't even see the URL before they click because they don't know it's displayed at the bottom of the browser if you move the mouse over them.
  • dreamfactory 14y ago
    ...cannot believe that nobody else has pointed this out
• rschmitty 14y ago
  I agree wholeheartedly. "http://example.org/furniture/desk-chairs/herman-millers-mirra-chair http://example.org/furniture/desk-chairs/herman-millers-mirr... makes me think crappy search landing page website that is probably malware infested I don't want to click, ever However, I believe that is mostly due to the domain. If it was amazon.com I'd click it likewise if it was http://www.example.com/gp/product/B0002K11BK/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1348439859&s=home-garden&sr=1-5 http://www.example.com/gp/product/B0002K11BK/ref=sr_1_5?ie=U... I would also think I'm going to get spammed :)