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Actually your examples: mywhateverblog.com/red-widgets-in-texas/ and mywhateverblog.com/?p=545 isn't comparing keywords in URLs but Static vs. Dynamic URLS - an

Actually your examples: mywhateverblog.com/red-widgets-in-texas/ and mywhateverblog.com/?p=545 isn't comparing keywords in URLs but Static vs. Dynamic URLS - and static URLs e.g. /red-widgets-in-texas/ is NOT better than /?p=545 - This is something that Google have even said so themselves[1] [1] http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/dynamic-urls-vs-static-urls.html http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/dynamic...

rockdiesel 14y ago
I'm still comparing keywords in URLs vs. no keywords in URLs, but with no regard to static or dynamic. To your point, I could have used static vs. static and dynamic vs. dynamic examples such as: mywhateverblog.com/page1.html is not as good as mywhateverblog.com/red-widgets-in-texas.html mywhateverblog.com/?p=595 is not as good as mywhateverblog.com/red-widgets-in-texas?id=595 From Google's own SEO Starter guide [1]: "Use words in URLs! URLs with words that are relevant to your site's content and structure are friendlier for visitors navigating your site. Visitors remember them better and might be more willing to link to them. Avoid using lengthy URLs with unnecessary parameters and session IDs; choosing generic page names like "page1.html"; using excessive keywords like"baseball-cards-baseball-cards-baseballcards.htm" And from Google's Webmaster Tools page regarding URL structure [2]: "A site's URL structure should be as simple as possible. Consider organizing your content so that URLs are constructed logically and in a manner that is most intelligible to humans (when possible, readable words rather than long ID numbers). For example, if you're searching for information about aviation, a URL like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation will help you decide whether to click that link. A URL like http://www.example.com/index.php?id_sezione=360&sid=3a5ebc944f41daa6f849f730f1 http://www.example.com/index.php?id_sezione=360&sid=3a5e..., is much less appealing to users." [1] http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/www.google.com/en/us/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrust... [2] http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=76329 http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&#38...

rockdiesel 14y ago

I'm still comparing keywords in URLs vs. no keywords in URLs, but with no regard to static or dynamic. To your point, I could have used static vs. static and dynamic vs. dynamic examples such as: mywhateverblog.com/page1.html is not as good as mywhateverblog.com/red-widgets-in-texas.html mywhateverblog.com/?p=595 is not as good as mywhateverblog.com/red-widgets-in-texas?id=595 From Google's own SEO Starter guide [1]: "Use words in URLs! URLs with words that are relevant to your site's content and structure are friendlier for visitors navigating your site. Visitors remember them better and might be more willing to link to them. Avoid using lengthy URLs with unnecessary parameters and session IDs; choosing generic page names like "page1.html"; using excessive keywords like"baseball-cards-baseball-cards-baseballcards.htm" And from Google's Webmaster Tools page regarding URL structure [2]: "A site's URL structure should be as simple as possible. Consider organizing your content so that URLs are constructed logically and in a manner that is most intelligible to humans (when possible, readable words rather than long ID numbers). For example, if you're searching for information about aviation, a URL like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation will help you decide whether to click that link. A URL like http://www.example.com/index.php?id_sezione=360&sid=3a5ebc944f41daa6f849f730f1 http://www.example.com/index.php?id_sezione=360&sid=3a5e..., is much less appealing to users." [1] http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/www.google.com/en/us/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrust... [2] http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=76329 http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&#38...