Timeline for Semantically correct URL structure vs. user experience
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| Jun 16, 2020 at 10:32 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jan 28, 2018 at 14:37 | history | edited | unor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 26, 2018 at 4:03 | comment | added | closetnoc | I would say breadcrumbs are similar to navigational links. They do have value. You are right, they are good for users and retention. They do have value. It is just that Google gets an idea and gets carried away for a while until the fix it right. Cheers!! | |
| Jan 26, 2018 at 3:05 | comment | added | Craig | I guess. Though, they could contribute to reducing Bounce rate etc; thus providing an indirect benefit, albeit small. I wonder if search engines see Breadcrumbs as a 'standard' internal link or whether they are treated slightly differently. | |
| Jan 26, 2018 at 2:27 | comment | added | closetnoc | I am not sure that breadcrumbs do much of anything any more short of helping a user and signaling important links. Otherwise, I suspect that Google does not give them the gravitas they used to have. Cheers Mate!! | |
| Jan 26, 2018 at 0:50 | comment | added | Craig | Thank you. With so many websites performing well, despite not having features such as a logically structured Breadcrumbs feature and URL structure, I wonder whether I am misunderstanding something. | |
| Jan 26, 2018 at 0:41 | comment | added | closetnoc |
Pages does not add value. Collections might. However, in /kitchenware/aprons/ kitchenware does add value to aprons. I tell people to ask the question, What about...? What about aprons? In this case, and I am not telling you to change things, just using an example, /store/kitchenware/aprons/ answers the question, What about aprons? Get where I am going? It still has a subject, predicate, and object like /aprons for sale/ (a more obvious example) would. Semantics can get confusing because sometimes assumptions are made. Once you get it, you get it. Cheers!!
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| Jan 25, 2018 at 21:22 | comment | added | Craig |
Would my understanding be right that www.example.com/collections/kitchenware/aprons/ is semantically a better structure? Thus, would eventually perform better than its shorter variation, with SEO/content etc being identical for both pages?
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| Jan 25, 2018 at 17:22 | comment | added | closetnoc | For the record, you are asking good questions. Much have this has been addressed elsewhere on this site, however, you are asking questions addressing confusion that others may have in a way that can likely be found and helpful to others. Anything else we can help with, let us know! Cheers!! | |
| Jan 25, 2018 at 16:37 | comment | added | closetnoc | It is quite possible that the links in the SERPs are positioned the way they are simply because of SERP link performance and not for any other reason. This comes down to how compelling the title tag and description meta-tag are (assuming that they are used). | |
| Jan 25, 2018 at 16:35 | comment | added | closetnoc | I answered your last question and then edited it again to include elements of this question. See if it makes sense to you. Cheers!! | |
| Jan 25, 2018 at 16:22 | history | asked | Craig | CC BY-SA 3.0 |