keyword density in filename

hi there

im currently developing a new website and i do have one simple question. in terms of SEO does keyword density in filenames matter?

examples:

filename type 1 -> cats.html
filename type 2 -> cats_232.html (where "232" is the category id - so that i can use mod_rewrite to get the catid out)


so does "filename type 1" have better SEO than "filename type 2"??
and
will "filename type 1" get be shown in first when we search for "cats" in google?



thanks for your help.



PS: i know that the page/spot where your website appears in google doesnt only depend on the this but i want to focus this topic on this particular point.

 

The impact of keywords in file names is very little, if any at all. It won't hurt to have a few, but don't over use keywords in file names.

Use "-" instead of "_" to separate keywords in yoru filenames. Goolge may have a hard time parsing keywords that are not separated by "-". But not sure if that is still true.

Pay more attention to your title tag keywords. That is much more important.

 

On the issue of - vs _ there was a rumour going around very recently (reported in fairly reputable sources) that google was parsing both the underscore and the hypen in the same way.

It's since been clarified that they are looking into it - but are still not at that point. So as the previous poster suggested - definitely the hypen.

Dylan

 

keywords in filenames have very little weight. I would just create subdirectories

Your URL will look like this:
http://yourwebsite.com/subdirectory

instead of --

http://yourwebsite.com/subdirectory/filename.extension

 

Nah filenames do not matter as much, just make sure your meta tags and descriptions are relevant and you'll do fine, for all google cares you can have query urls like :

index.php?id=32

 

using keyword in file name has not much impact,you can use it it ll not hurt in ranking.

 

hi

i have suggest to give ur file name in using "-" instead of "_" so it can more effect in Google SERP

Thanks

 

but doent u get more pages indexed if your "url's" are "friendly"?

something like:
http://www.myswebsite.com/details/adriana-lima-1_84.html

 

Nope, dp doesn't have friendly urls nor is it friendly in general (lol)
But every single thread and every single page is indexed.
Its all about quality of the content.

 

As far as file names are concerned its not very important but improving metaphors will help quite much

 

well just "improved" my meta tags (description and keywords) and title of the page. Now they are dynamic and depend of the current page.

you think it would be "better" for me to change to mod_rewrite so that i have search engine friendly url's? or i just need to be patient?

tell me about your experience .. did any of your pages visits improve after you changed to "friendly url's" ?

thanks yall for sharing .