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Subject:  Readable URL's
Author:   DavidGB:   view profile | all posts by this author | add to favourites
Date:   09:52:11 13 September 2006
 

I'm seeing conflicting opinions on the value/relevance of having easily-readable URL's on sites (as I write the URL on this forum is not particularly user-friendly).

Does anyone have any evidence (empirical or otherwise) whether Google and/or Users have any preference what the URL string is ?

 
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  • Readable URL's, DavidGB, 13 Sep 09:52
    I'm seeing conflicting opinions on the value/relevance of having easily-readable URL's on sites (as I write the URL on this forum is not particularly user-friendly). Does anyone ...
    • Readable URL's, JonathanDavey, 13 Sep 19:27
      Google reads code, not logical words... it just wants a good meal in a top restaurant! On 09:52:11 13 September 2006 DavidGB wrote: I'm seeing conflicting opinions on the va ...
      • Readable URL's, DavidGB, 14 Sep 09:00
        Thanks ... interesting analogy .... do we know its taste - as in "good" and "top" ? On 19:27:42 13 September 2006 JonathanDavey wrote: Google reads code, not logical words.. ...
        • Readable URL's, JonathanDavey, 14 Sep 10:44
          (http://www.e-consultancy.com) e-consultancy.com and (http://www.businessinberkshire.co.uk) BusinessinBerkshire.co.uk are 3 star michelen style restaurants... if you prefer take ...
      • Readable URL's, Andy_Davies, 1 Nov 06:58
        A simple example of why readable url's work so well is to find this very forum thread on google by using the words "forum readable url". (http://www.e-consultancy.com/forum/1046 ...
        • Readable URL's, DavidGB, 1 Nov 14:37
          Andy - thanks for drawing attention to this ....a great example, if I have got my terminology right, of the "long tail" in action..... An excellent best-practice example from e- ...
          • Readable URL's, danielb, 1 Nov 15:28
            i agree, this really is a great example of best-practice paying off. all of the following are contributing factors: 1. keywords in the page title 2. the 'readable URL' itself ...
    • Readable URL's, danielb, 19 Sep 10:52
      according to the horse's mouth, google prefers user-friendly urls: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/guest-post-vanessa-fox-on-organic-site-review-session/ the section on urls is ...
      • Readable URL's, DavidGB, 19 Sep 15:11
        Very helpful - thanks !  ...
      • Readable URL's, sgpratley, 21 Sep 10:29
        This has been around for a little while, and it seems to work well on 2 levels: 1) For the user, they can see the URL in Google listings and it confirms that the page is about w ...
    • RE: Readable URL's, Ashley , 19 Sep 16:45
      Hi David You said "as I write the URL on this forum is not particularly user-friendly" - but you'll notice that once you post it is then readable? How do we do this? - Fir ...
      • RE: Readable URL's, DavidGB, 19 Sep 19:11
        Awesome - thanks. ...
        • RE: Readable URL's, paulstone, 22 Sep 18:26
          There are many reasons why human readable URLs are better for both users and search engines. Firstly, they are just easier to remember.  For example, http://www.mydomain.com/pro ...
          • RE: Readable URL's, Ashley , 22 Sep 18:43
            More on all this at (http://www.e-consultancy.com/forum/103812-re-url-naming-rules.html) http://www.e-consultancy.com/forum/103812-re-url-naming-rules.html - see the entire thread. ...
            • RE: Readable URL's, PaulWalsh, 24 Sep 13:35
              The (http://www.w3.org/mobile) W3C Mobile Web Initiative has created best practice guidelines to help developers build Web sites that work better on mobile devices such as PDAs and ...
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