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Do keyword-based filenames and URLs really matter?
We've developed a dynamic web application which uses URLs such as product.cfm?id=42 but our marketing team says we should use search friendly URLs and put our keywords into the URLs (so it would be ...
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When choosing a domain does including your brand affect SEO performance?
I've been asked to build a "landing page" for a local branch of an international corporation. While the corporation has a well-established domain name, the local office wants to use a unique, ...
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Squeezing all the SEO out of a URL as possible
I am working on an ecommerce site, I told our SEO consultant that I plan to make the URL scheme: /products/<id>/<name>. This is similar to Stackoverflow's URLs which are /questions/<id&...
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Will Google preserve URL parameters when indexing my site if the explicit in the site and/or site map
I have written some functionality that opens tabbed content on page when visiting a page via a URL with certain parameters.
What i have been asked is that will Google, or any other search engine, ...
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Should I use subdomains or subfolders for my user groups?
I run a photography website where each user has its own subdomain (i.e. user.site.com). I'm thinking of adding user groups but I'm unable to decide if I should also associate a separate subdomain or ...
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Can prefixing a dash reduce the search engine rating?
If I prefix a dash to GUIDs in my URLs on my Web site, in this manner:
example.com/some/folders/-35x2ne5r579n32/page-name
Will my SEO rating be affected?
Background: On my site, people can look up ...
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Am I correctly handling duplicate URLs for my homepage?
I own a Job Search site named www.conservationjobboard.com and have a concern about how the domain is viewed by search engines. The issue is that when the site was first designed, the default page was ...
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Clarify "canonical" word: Can someone please list the various uses of this word in SEO context, and point out correct or incorrect uses of it?
I think the authoritative use of the word "canonical" in the SEO discipline dates back to this 2006 blog post by Matt Cuts on cononicalization:
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-advice-url-...
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SEO: adding an unecessary description key in dynamic url is it good or not?
in the typical DB driven cms/ecommerce site you will have items pages at urls in some form similar to:
http://www.domain.com/item.php?id=36
1) Is it good for SEO purpose to add a sort of description ...
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Multi Language URLs
I'm building an online store that will be supported in 3 languages: English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese.
My question is whether or not it is a good idea to make language specific ...
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SEO benefits of URL as: www.example.com/category/subcategory/ [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
debating between different kinds of URL and see if one is more seo-friendly than other…
Our SEO advisors are claiming that having our URLs in the form:
www.example....
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Optimizing with filtered results?
I'm finishing up development on a tourist information website that lists hotels, restaurants, bars, among other things for an up-and-coming tourist area in Cambodia:
http://www.gosihanoukville.com/...
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eShop product urls SEO, with or without category folder
What product url is better from SEO perspective for an eShop
www.site.com/main-category/sub-category/sub-category2/product-name.html
www.site.com/products/product-name.html
www.site.com/product-name....
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URL paths and their effect on SEO
We are developing a website where there will be two distinct types of content: galleries and photos.
It makes little sense to use URL paths like /gallery/photo as some photos can appear in more than ...
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