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Facet filters URL structure for ecommerce site for SEO
I am working on implementing facet filter for e-commerce site and I am not sure which schema of URL structuring is better for SEO purposes. There are three options I have in considerations as of now, ...
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Page Title in URL - What do I do if the page's title changes?
Let's say I have a web site with a bunch of articles on it, with each article on its own page. Also, each page's URL has the title of the article in it, like this:
http://www.example.com/article/how-...
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SEO friendly URL delimiter for ecommerce sites for multi faceting
I am working for a project that has multi facet filters. The url that will be build when faceting applied will have several delimiters. I am not sure what characters should I use as delimiter that are ...
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Similar URLs for two different pages hurt SEO, if pages offer different information?
I have written a guide to a particular subject, and it's over 6000 words. I decided to split up the information into two separate pages, as the information really falls under two categories for end ...
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How to manage external links for SEO?
On my Drupal 8 site, I created pages with a Leaflet card that uses open street map data.
When I go to google search console, it tells me that the following links are blocked "Pages with blocked ...
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Do non-existent 'category' pages in URLs present a problem for search engines?
Say for example if I have a news site and my URL structure is:
example.com/news/random-article
If there is no page at example.com/news/, in other words it results in a 404 error, is that problematic ...
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How to add blog in URL (Blog page, Taxonomy page and Single page ) with pagination using WordPress
I want to this structure in default post type.
Archive Page (Blog page) - example.com/blog/
pagination link - example.com/blog/page/2/
Taxonomy page - example.com/blog/taxonomy-slug/
pagination link -...
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Does having a keyword in the domain repeated again in the path of the URL hurt SEO? [duplicate]
Which of the following URL structures would be best for a non-ecommerce site:
fishingbob.com/fishing-lure-companies
or
fishingbob.com/lure-companies
Would repeating the keyword in the first URL be ...
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SEO for country in domain name and URL?
For a country wide directory, if the country is already in the domain name as below, is it better for SEO if it is also in the url?
country.com/country/province/region/community-activity.html
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For SEO should there be a web page for every URL path segment? [duplicate]
If I have a domain with the URL example.com/section-1/abc, should there also be a dedicated web page for example.com/section-1 from a SEO point of view?
Assume that there is no bread crumb ...
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Does URL optimizations helps in SEO? [duplicate]
Current URL:
example.com/renault-cars/duster/
What is the possibility of gaining an SEO advantage after optimizing above URL to?
example.com/renault/duster
Optimizations:
Removed unnecessary "-...
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Is there a benefit of specifying the canonical URL for the homepage, or can search engines figure out common index, www, and https variants?
Currently I am considering adding a canonical tag onto the homepage of my website as there appear to be a few other URLs that Google and other search engines are picking up on. Realistically the ...
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Can I reuse a URL after it's used for a 301 redirect?
Is it possible to 301 redirect a page and then reuse the redirected URL again in the future? What are the disadvantages of using the old link?
For example:
www.example.com/contact 301 redirect to ...
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Is a URL structure with a directory that contains all posts better than a shorter URL structure?
I recently read that shorter URLs rank higher in the search results, but I suspect it might also have an SEO advantage to sort posts, topics, etc... into folders.
Do you recommend shorter URLs, for ...
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Is it correct to redirect the old site to the new domain and the further redirect for new URL capitalization?
I am wondering whether this setup is correct.
I have a website running HTTP domain1.example and I redirect links to domain2.example using a 301 redirect. domain2 works fine but I decided to ...
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How can I migrate a single page application to a site with many URLs for SEO?
I will be migrating a single page application (SPA) to a normal URL structured site.
Usually I would map the old URLs to the new URLs and use 301 redirects to the relevant URLs. In this case, that ...
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How can I substitute our site name in the place that the URL usually appears in the Google search results?
Below is a screen shot of a query on Google. The URL usually appears where the green text is. How do you control what that says?
For my specific site it displays the URL. I want to put my business ...
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Magento 1 adds a trailing slash at the end of CMS page
I am using Magento 1.9 and I have a problem with one of my CMS pages. I found out that the page is available under two versions:
www.example.com/MyCMSpage
www.example.com/MyCMSpage/
I am not sure ...
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Is it bad for SEO to 301 redirect the homepage URL to a deeper URL?
For some reason we need to 301 redirect homepage URL to another URL for a while. Eg:
we would use a 301 redirect from www.example.com to www.example.com/a-catgory/b-catgory
we would add a canonical &...
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Google has is linking to the old e-commerce store which is 404 not found, what's the process for updating the URL in the search results?
My parents have an e-commerce website and they're pretty high in Google results. If you Google one of their products, their store is showing up on the first page but links to an old URL https://www....
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Will be a identical title for the same url with different parameters known as duplicate title?
As you know google will punish you when two different pages of your website have the same "title". Now I want to know, is having "questions list" title for these pages known as duplicate titles?
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Should my homepage's url contain the "home" keyword?
I'm thinking about making an SEO improvement. Which URL is better for my homepage?
http://example.com/home
http://example.com/
Since both URLs provide the same content, should I redirect /home to /,...
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Is a URL with a query string better or worse for SEO then one without one?
I want to know, is there a huge difference in terms of SEO between these URLs:
example.com/ontario/toronto/listings
or
example.com/listings.php?p=ontario&c=toronto
Will one URL rank higher ...
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SEO - localized url - best pattern [duplicate]
I want to support languages (fr,en,de).
My home page:
https://example.com/ (content localized based on webBrowser settings)
Language selection links available to set language in a cookie:
http://...
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Is there an advantage for a completely dynamic mobile site opposed to having some pages at separate mobile URLs and some pages dynamic?
We are serving both mobile and desktop platforms through a single domain. In case of mobile, we append /m at end of the domain.
In some cases, pages are served dynamically. Common URL for both the ...
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What should filenames and URLs of images contain for SEO benefit?
We know that good site architecture usually looks like this:
example-company.com/
example-company.com/about/
example-company.com/contact/
example-company.com/products/
example-company.com/products/...
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Does Google index #! (hash bang) URLs?
Just got confused with some blogs as everyone is sure that Google will not index the hash (#) URL but not sure about hash bang (#!) URL. I have seen a "deprecated" doc on Google regarding this, where ...
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How to preserve Search Engine Rank after domain change with 301 Redirect?
Before you mark this question a duplicate, read the question properly.
I have had a domain http://muzic.asia and because of low quality TLD it's SEO rankings were less (For some keywords it ranked ...
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Multiple keywords in SEO friendly URL [duplicate]
I have a website with the domain as ‘domain.tld’. I have a product let’s call it as ‘Name A’. The product is used for purpose say ‘Purpose 1 software’. Now I need to optimise the SEO of the product ...
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How can I create SEO friendly URLs for an ecommerce website?
Presently I am working on a website which has url like this
For category page mydomain.example/c/10/t-shirts
For product page mydomain.example/p/1023/printed-black-stripped-t-shirt
I thought that ...
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Absolute vs relative URLs for SEO [duplicate]
Am developing a website, I have used many anchor link in menu navigation and given absolute URL. Somewhere I read we can also use relatives URL in menu navigation.
From SEO point of view, which is ...
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Why is it preferable to use paths with slashes instead of query-string variables in a web page URL?
Why is it preferable to use paths with slashes instead of query-string variables in a web page URL?
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URL strategy for multilingual website [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I get search engines to crawl my site and see a localised view of my data?
I was wondering what would be the best URL strategy for a multilingual website (for an Italy ...
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Duplicate content - linking to other versions of same page [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Two URLs pointing to almost the same content
If I have a page, that has this URL:
example.com/category/something/
but can also be accessed through these URLs:
example.com/...
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Include full category hierarchy in URL or only the "leaf"?
I am currently redesigning a site that organizes information into categories. Some of these categories contain subcategories (and some of those contain even more subcategories).
I'm trying to decide ...
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Different words on page title than in URL for SEO purposes
May I benefit (or not, or be punished) in my SEO rankings if I use different words on my URL than on the page's title? For instance:
Page Title:
Our Offices
URL:
https://example.com/heavy-duty-...
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Should I aim for Shorter links or Categorically accurate links?
I'm currently in the process of migrating a site. I have some example links like this:
example.com/pricing/
example.com/contact/
example.com/about/
example.com/about/person-a/
example.com/about/...
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Best SEO URL Structure : Filter product list by multiple tags
Which url is better for SEO (google)?
separate tags like sub folders with slash "/":
1) shop.com/product-category-1/tags/product-tag-1/product-tag-2
separate with characters plus "+" underscore "_" ...
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Is hashbang in URL still SEO friendly in 2018?
I have seen old posts that say you can make sure your website is crawled by Google crawlers if you add #! in it. E.g. www.example.com/guns#!colt.
But those posts are way old from 2014. And I've also ...
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Which URL format is better? example.com/[id]/title OR example.com/title/[id].html [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
SEO : urls : best place for the id
My site uses URL rewriting in both formats (for different things), but I'm wondering which one is the better approach?
http://www.example....
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What's the best practice URL Path with multiple occurences of the same parameter?
Case
User searches on a website for "cake" and filters the results via two categories: "united states" and "germany".
Researched best practices SEO
relevant and as short as possible URL
if possible ...
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Would there be any SEO implications, if I had a URL, which did not fully reflect a page's Directory Path?
URL example:
www.example.com/floral-canvas-prints/daffodil-canvas-prints
Let's say I am looking to implement the above Product Category URL. It is fairly clear that the page would be about 'Floral ...
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Are name=value style directories better for security and SEO than directories with values only specified by position?
Consider the following values for a link in my website's homepage:
/portal=testportal/page=1/lang=fa
/testportal/1/fa
Is there any priority between above options? I'm asking from the security point ...
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Do search engines have a preference to URL structures, when dealing with product variants?
Lets say, I have an 'Abstract Daffodil' painting. As such, the product would fit into both of the following Product Category URLs:
www.example.com/floral-canvas/daffodils
www.example.com/floral-...
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Using friendly URLs for web pages and Rest Styles URLs for services, is it a good approach?
Is my approach to SEO regarding URLs right?
I am using friendly URLs for web pages and Rest Styles to consume services. I've been a web developer for about 10 years. I first heard of "friendly URLs" ...
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URLs include a directory without an index page, should it be removed for SEO?
A client's website has the following structure:
/products/product-1
/products/product-2
/products/product-3
These product urls are keyword optimised pages for organic search.
Google also indexes /...
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Google indexing redirected login pages
I have a website on which users can ask a question, but in order to ask a question they must be logged in.
Which means if users go to the URL example.com/ask-question/, then it will redirect them to ...
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How should I construct a site so that the URL is meaningful for the user and Big Internet Search Engine? [closed]
A URL can be descriptive but, how do I make the most of it so that it is meaningful for both users of my site and for Big Internet Search Engine when it comes along?
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How to instruct Google to ignore URLs with given suffix/parameter?
Hi there I need to temporarily instruct Google to exclude from indexing all URLs that contain the following suffix: ?lang=it
How can I achieve this?
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Are URLs containing a slug but no directory (slash) OK for SEO and rich snippets?
I have single URL style for multiple different content types:
/question-title-1
/article-title-2
The questions have rich snippets for nostar voting and the articles have star voted rich snippets.
I ...
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