Comments on: The Right Way to Put Keywords in Your URLs http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/09/keywords-in-your-urls News, commentary, tools and tips about business blogging and the world of corporate blogs Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:05:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Business Blog Hive » Business Blog In The News (9/24-10/1) http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/09/keywords-in-your-urls#comment-54491 Business Blog Hive » Business Blog In The News (9/24-10/1) Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:22:59 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/09/keywords-in-your-urls.html#comment-54491 [...] The Right Way to Put Keywords in Your URLs Source:  BusinessBlogConsulting, 9/27/2006 [...] [...] The Right Way to Put Keywords in Your URLs Source:  BusinessBlogConsulting, 9/27/2006 [...]

]]> By: Ed Kohler http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/09/keywords-in-your-urls#comment-49782 Ed Kohler Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:29:14 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/09/keywords-in-your-urls.html#comment-49782 One balancing act is having keyword rich URLs, yet keeping URLs under 80 characters. I find that to be an important metric because URLs often break when emailed if they're longer than that. One balancing act is having keyword rich URLs, yet keeping URLs under 80 characters. I find that to be an important metric because URLs often break when emailed if they’re longer than that.

]]> By: MarcNext » Hyphens of underscores in de URL http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/09/keywords-in-your-urls#comment-48748 MarcNext » Hyphens of underscores in de URL Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:24:06 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/09/keywords-in-your-urls.html#comment-48748 [...] In relatie tot mijn vorige posting liep ik nog tegen dit artikel aan op Business Blog Consulting. Zonder het te beseffen blijk ik met Wordpress betere mogelijkheden te hebben om een voor zoekmachines “ideale” permalink te genereren dan met andere weblogsoftware. Dit zit hem om precies te zijn in het gebruik van hyphens (”-”) ten opzichte van underscores (”_”) bij het samenstellen van de URL: … underscores are not treated as word separators by Google. As such, in an URL like www.myblog.com/several_relevant_keywords.html, Google sees 1 word “several_relevant_keywords” rather than 3 words “several relevant keywords… [...] [...] In relatie tot mijn vorige posting liep ik nog tegen dit artikel aan op Business Blog Consulting. Zonder het te beseffen blijk ik met Wordpress betere mogelijkheden te hebben om een voor zoekmachines “ideale” permalink te genereren dan met andere weblogsoftware. Dit zit hem om precies te zijn in het gebruik van hyphens (”-”) ten opzichte van underscores (”_”) bij het samenstellen van de URL: … underscores are not treated as word separators by Google. As such, in an URL like http://www.myblog.com/several_relevant_keywords.html, Google sees 1 word “several_relevant_keywords” rather than 3 words “several relevant keywords… [...]

]]> By: Stephan Spencer http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/09/keywords-in-your-urls#comment-48176 Stephan Spencer Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:32:09 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/09/keywords-in-your-urls.html#comment-48176 Hi Anil, Thanks for commenting, and for clarifying that there is an option in Movable Type to use hyphens and to extend the length of the filename. That's awesome! Is that an option for TypePad users as well? As far as appeasing Googlebot, I like to take a more pragmatic view. If it results in more traffic for me to appease it, then I'm all for that! The engineers at Google whom I've talked to encourage site owners to fix their sites to make it as user-friendly and accessible as possible, which it so happens also makes it more spider-friendly too. They do their best to index the Web as it is, but they are not going out of their way to change the way they index Flash, JavaScript, frames, etc. I belive that's because those technologies are lacking in usability and accessibility and they don't want to overly encourage the continuing use of them. It doesn't mean we have to bend to Google's will, but it also doesn't mean Google is going to bend to ours. Hi Anil,

Thanks for commenting, and for clarifying that there is an option in Movable Type to use hyphens and to extend the length of the filename. That’s awesome!

Is that an option for TypePad users as well?

As far as appeasing Googlebot, I like to take a more pragmatic view. If it results in more traffic for me to appease it, then I’m all for that!

The engineers at Google whom I’ve talked to encourage site owners to fix their sites to make it as user-friendly and accessible as possible, which it so happens also makes it more spider-friendly too. They do their best to index the Web as it is, but they are not going out of their way to change the way they index Flash, JavaScript, frames, etc. I belive that’s because those technologies are lacking in usability and accessibility and they don’t want to overly encourage the continuing use of them. It doesn’t mean we have to bend to Google’s will, but it also doesn’t mean Google is going to bend to ours.

]]> By: 旅游 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/09/keywords-in-your-urls#comment-47090 旅游 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:42:12 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/09/keywords-in-your-urls.html#comment-47090 Movable Type allows you to use hyphens to separate words, and to have up to 255 characters in your filename instead of 15, and those options are even a simple drop-down choice in your archive settings in the current version. Movable Type allows you to use hyphens to separate words, and to have up to 255 characters in your filename instead of 15, and those options are even a simple drop-down choice in your archive settings in the current version.

]]> By: techie blogs central http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/09/keywords-in-your-urls#comment-46962 techie blogs central Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:03:07 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/09/keywords-in-your-urls.html#comment-46962 <strong>Wordpress limiting front page to 10 but rest of blog to unlimited...</strong> I have noticed that the google robot follows /page/# links and indexes them - which is a right royal pain! This comes about when setting a limit on the number of posts to display per page. So, what I want is only to limit the posts displaye... Wordpress limiting front page to 10 but rest of blog to unlimited…

I have noticed that the google robot follows /page/# links and indexes them - which is a right royal pain! This comes about when setting a limit on the number of posts to display per page.
So, what I want is only to limit the posts displaye…

]]> By: Marcus http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/09/keywords-in-your-urls#comment-46959 Marcus Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:58:22 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/09/keywords-in-your-urls.html#comment-46959 Yes, plus google is suppose to pay particular attention to the host portion of the URL too. For example where I have posted some PHP tips, I host them under php.techie-blogs.com, instead of www.techie-blogs.com. Although I have no way of knowing if this really does make a difference. I suppose it makes sense, if it does. Yes, plus google is suppose to pay particular attention to the host portion of the URL too.

For example where I have posted some PHP tips, I host them under php.techie-blogs.com, instead of http://www.techie-blogs.com.

Although I have no way of knowing if this really does make a difference. I suppose it makes sense, if it does.

]]> By: Anil http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/09/keywords-in-your-urls#comment-46903 Anil Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:05:18 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/09/keywords-in-your-urls.html#comment-46903 "Hopefully the folks at Six Apart will read this post and decide to change their errant ways in regards to the way they formulate URLs." Movable Type allows you to use hyphens to separate words, and to have up to 255 characters in your filename instead of 15, and those options are even a simple drop-down choice in your archive settings in the current version. Honestly, though, it seems strange to me that we'd change our content for Google's sak -- the Google search folks are big believers in indexing the web that exists today, not a theoretical web where everyone's modified their content to please the robots. That's why they're skeptical about some of the semantic web technologies. At any rate, there's an option for people who want to appease the angry Googlebot. :) “Hopefully the folks at Six Apart will read this post and decide to change their errant ways in regards to the way they formulate URLs.”

Movable Type allows you to use hyphens to separate words, and to have up to 255 characters in your filename instead of 15, and those options are even a simple drop-down choice in your archive settings in the current version.

Honestly, though, it seems strange to me that we’d change our content for Google’s sak — the Google search folks are big believers in indexing the web that exists today, not a theoretical web where everyone’s modified their content to please the robots. That’s why they’re skeptical about some of the semantic web technologies.

At any rate, there’s an option for people who want to appease the angry Googlebot. :)

]]> By: Brian Clark http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/09/keywords-in-your-urls#comment-46598 Brian Clark Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:47:00 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/09/keywords-in-your-urls.html#comment-46598 This is definitely an important factor. There's a video up at tubetorial.com that shows how to change the permalink structure in WordPress (as well as update .htaccess) if anyone is not clear how to do this. This is definitely an important factor.

There’s a video up at tubetorial.com that shows how to change the permalink structure in WordPress (as well as update .htaccess) if anyone is not clear how to do this.

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