Should I Change Permalinks in Wordpress?

Hi

Right now my blog pages are set at the default permalink, like this:

http://www.freshgeeks.com/?p=18

Should I change it to another structure? If so, which one? Thanks in advance

 

I would change it to one with topic of post in url not numbers if you can.

 

I'm running wp. Could you tell me what I should input in the structure or category base option?

 

Hi, just go here for a small tutorial: http://www.marcorichter.net/seo/optimizing-your-permalink-structure.html

 

done...thanks

 

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In case any of your old posts have been indexed by Google, do a 301 redirect so that all requests for the old URL will be redirected to your new form.

 

To answer your questions:

/%year%/%category%/%postname%.html

I think this is what you are looking for. Now don't say I didn't help.

 

When using the %postname% ( post title) you may want to use the post slug to shorten the URL of your post.

 

so it's done now...goodluck!

 

this should help too.

http://www.blargy.com/2007/01/ultimate-wordpress-setup/the-ultimate-wordpress-setup-permalinks/

 

I believe it's wise to include the title of the post in the permalink, and at least a keyword in the title, so you get "keyworded URLs", which has to be good for SEO.

 

Thanks for all the help...it's much appreciated!

 

This is not that easy though, because there is a problem with indexing all the links to search engines. You have to do a 301 Redirect. There are Wordpress plugins that help you.

 

On my blog I use the permalink structure year/month/post title. It's fantastic and I think, the way to go. Organized and search engine friendly.

However, if you change them you'll lose all your search engine positions and backlinks. If you MUST change them, do a redirect so anyone who comes across the old links will be taken to the new ones. There are plugins for this, just Google them.