Best URL structure for a Wordpress blog?

What is the best structure for a wordpress blog?

Currently my urls display like:

http://www.mysite.com/some-interesting-article.htm



would it be better to have it like:

http://www.mysite.com/2007/some-interesting-article.htm

or some other format that includes the date?


I was wondering because, what if two URLs are accidentally the same? Or doesnt that happen automatically? I'm unsure?

Also, I worry with the dates included as it might weaken the PR strength of the url?

 

Hi

I tend to use the custom structure:

%postname%

which gives a result similar to:

http://www.mysite.com/some-interesting-article.htm (but without the .htm)

 

use second format its better. use long page name with targeted keywords.

 

start with custom then configure your approach

 

in my opinion, sitename.com/post-title-(postID).html is a better option

 

Which plugin will do this?

 

I second above
Which plugin will do this?

 

I've gone for

/%postname%/%post_id%/

seems to be the best solution for me. It means no URL will be the same even if an article/post is named the same. I think this is the best URL structure from an SEO perspective with wordpress.

Anyone have any comments on this?

 

Good Tip
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how about linking domains to categories in the blog do you think this helps the pr of the domain and the category example I have this domain thepurestfishoil.com linked to this category Fish Oil And Depression as a seo word press inclusion what do you think of this as a path and wordpress linking strategy

 

I use month/title; that way i'm protected in case I give to posts the same title months apart.

 

Cheap SEO and Aaron,

They are not talking about a plugin. It is a configuration setting in Wordpress. I think it's under one of the options pages....

 

nice tips for my blog thanks

 

Having month first is not as good as your page title. I've heard that with the more folders you have (in your example, the virtual folder "month/"), less PR strength is given to those. I think Google limits at 3 folders.

So if you had a link like mydomain.com/year/month/day/article/ it would be really weak from a search engine perspective.

Having your page title closer to the root domain gives it more importance. Therefore, mydomain.com/pagetitle/id should be stronger (if i am correct). It will also help you fight against having two urls the same as the id will be unique. What if you post two pages with the same title within a month? Or on the same month of a seperate year? Your safety technique will be broken.

Hmm, maybe I should write about this on my blog?

 

I prefer:

http://www.mysite.com/some-interesting-article.htm

By the way who is the owner of mysite.com?

 

Have it shortened, the keywords in your URL can be easily crawled if your URL structure is shorter.

 

But what if you accidentally have 2 URLs the same? That is why we add the unique field

 

I've read alot that structuring your site like : /%category%/%postname%/ is also a good thing. Does anyone agree?

 

yeah I prefer /%category%/%postname%/ among others. it seems cleaner to me, and readers will always know they're in certain categories. also it looks more organized. just my 2 cents

 

lol As far as pluggins are concerned for WP isnt the word press form a good place for plugin info im only curios I have not been their yet""

 

I believe this link structure is both organised and ensures you won't get two links with the same title: /%category%/%postname%/%year%

Unfortunately, on my blog i use an even more complex one. Guess i wasn't that smart when i started it.. And now, i can't change it anymore..