I'm sure this topic has been discussed. I have recently been doing searches and I notice the URL's seem to have the search terms or keywords. Does having the topics in the URL make a difference. I've heard both sides of the argument. I was wondering if anyone got a boost from having those keywords or article title in the URL?
Having your keywords in the URL for sure it does help. Not all search engines give weight to the same level to keywords in domain URL (or even inner pages), for example MSN (now BING) gives lots of weight to the keywords in domain whilst Google gives less (its just that their algorithm is different, so they give weight to different things). A short answer to your question, yes having your keywords in the domain name does help.
well yes keyword in URL is important as there are so many people who will suggest you they are not but i think they are. U must have seen your website always top or on 1st page at your domain name ?? why is it so that mean that domain also is one of your keyword. so using your specific keyword for the domain will help i cant say that it will help completely but yes some of the part would help you in gaining your SERP
Yes this can surely help us, if we have keyword in our site's URL then we can get ranked fast ( not very fast but can move fast in compared with others)..
Yes, it helps for sure. But, don't make the title too long. Keep it at 3 - 6 words per title max. Long title just seems like a spam type of post as it does look like optimized for keywords by squeezing it in title.
Yes it does definitley make a difference, a website with its desired keywords in its URL will naturally rank above a site without. However with enough good seo and link building, websites with the keywords in the URL can be overtaken, to be honest, fairly easily, but the keywords in the URL do provide a good basis for ranking well if you plan to carry on optimising the site.