Keyword Arrangement in URL's?

Hi,

What is the best way to show multiple keywords in a URL for search engines? Is it:

www.abc123.com/KeywordKeywordKeyword

or

www.abc123.com/keyword_keyword_keyword

or

www.abc123.com/keyword-keyword-keyword

Or is there a better way? I am setting up a site and want to get this part right early on. Thanks!

JRBIZ

 

it is the third one i.e. with the hyphenated one

 

thanks for that..i wanted to know this too..

 

I would say the third one too. Nothing to back it up though.

 

why would you like to get all the keywords in the URL? does it really matter? Please don't always think about how search engines would take it, get hold of the user perspective as well. OVER DOING SEO can raise the flags and may turn down your customers.

well better to go for abc-abc but nowdays abc_abc is also considered normal by Google.

Regards,

 

Jonathan, by a stroke of luck (planning, actually) the three keywords are actually the product name, too, so it should be okay. keyword-keyword-keyword it will be then! Thanks to all!

 

Go with slashes, as they represent spaces.

 

3rd is better go with that.

 

I also think the third one is the better.

 

on a related question I have a website and I have just finished doing some SEO friendly URLS.
i went with alightstudios.com/marketing/search-engine-optimisation--seo.php
I was wondering, would I need to set up a seperate page for the phrase "search engine marketing" EG:alightstudios.com/marketing/search-engine-marketing--sem.php or will my existing URL do as it has marketing in the URL and its a related phrase so I wont dilute backlinks.

 

My advice would be not to set up a seperate page for the phrase "search engine marketing", mainly for the reason that you mention - it would dilute backlinks. It would be possible to theme the one page for "search engine optimisation", as well as "search engine marketing" - and the long-tail keywords that stem from these key phrases. If you create two pages you will need to do far more SEO work to make both pages strong enough to compete in the SERPs, for these equally competitive keywords.

 

3rd example is most interesting, because every keywords delimeted by "-". It's not only good for SEO (not so much, but few points), but also easy for users to read and remember.

 

I hears a rumour a while back that google didnt like to many hypehens, eg after 3-4 it started considering them spam.
Can anyone else confirm this?

 

I am also agree with 3rd URl