Does Google prefer meaningful page name?

Hi,

Is it better to have a page like:
http://www.example.com/article/1001/some_meaningful_title.html

or no page:
http://www.example.com/article/1001/

or it does not matter?

The reason I ask is because I don't really use the page name, but rather the .htaccess to get the page to display, (form the URL).

But I could add the page/article title, (properly formated of course), if that helps.

What do you think? Should I have a page even if it does not really matter to my scripts.

What about the other search engines? Do they care?

FFMG

 

My experience is that Google definitely prefers keywords in the name, for those keywords.

 

A meaningful and good formatted url makes more sense for humans, as such so is google.

 

google and the other search engines like human readable file names.

it will help you to get better serp

 

Keywords in URL or readable URL is better in improving SERP.

 

Directory name Vs page name. Which of the following is better?

1. www [dot] domainname [dot] com/productA.htm

2. www [dot] domainname [dot] com/productA
- where there is an "index.htm" in productA directory.
- we don't use index.htm in internal URL link

 

Yes, keyword in your url is better and it also helps improve your site in SERP.

 

it helps with SEO efforts and also helps the human because they know instantly when viewing the google results that your page is relevant.

@SEOjr - do not hijack thread, start your own.

 

Yes all the search engines prefer the keyword in the url or even in domain name it will increase your ranking.

 

Thanks all.

I added the title to the page, (with an html extension).
See http://www.journalhome.com/.

I am not sure how long this will take to make a noticeable difference.

FFMG