Correct URL structure for SEO

I have a website with a generic keyword domain, e.g. generic.com

There are many good keyword phrases based on that keyword, e.g.

generic food
generic dogs
generic hairstyles

etc..

In the interests of SEO, would a good URL structure (for the keyword phrase 'generic food') be:

http://www.generic.com/food

or rather:

http://www.generic.com/generic-food

The first option doesn't repeat any keywords, but the second option has the page URL matching the keyword phrase.

What are your suggestions?

Thanks

 

Im interested in an answer to this too
Intuitively I'd say option one is better because shorter urls and domainname-keyword > URL keyword anyways

 

The question you should be asking is would that help me rank better in the serps? well it might and it might not.also it was not clear to me if you are talking here on individual articles (pages) or a category and a sub category?

 

The structure of the URLs does not affect the ranking

 

Yes, will it rank better in the serps. I'm talking about individual articles optimized for that particular keyword phrase.

 

I think generic-food is better.

 

The url with generic-food is good. It will also help to get good position in SERPs.

 

The second url that is generic-food is better according to me.

 

please promote your site with specific url so please use generic-food...make sure always keep your url with in 100 characters according to Google norms..

 

Very good question ! well according to me the 2nd one is right, your url should be represent the basic idea of your content page. so ideology says go with "generic-food".

 

Using hyphen on URL Structure is good.

 

I must appreciate your work as it is really helpful. It really enhanced my understanding regarding the structures of URL. Thanks for posting.

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