Search engine friendly URLs

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by petes1980, May 11, 2009.

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    We have a module on one of our websites that converts the product titles or category titles to the URL. However it also adds the category and product ID on too e.g:

    your-product-title-c-1-p-14923.html

    instead of

    your-product-title.html

    Is there a major disadvantage of the first format over the second?
     
    petes1980, May 11, 2009 IP
  2. mjp81

    mjp81 Peon

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    if it's already in your url elsewhere, eg. if it goes domain.com/category/product-category...etc it might appear spammy. And with a longer title with random product IDs in there, it becomes less memorable and less user friendly. Wouldn't worry about it too much though IMO, there are plenty of sites out there with far worse URL structures.
     
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  3. letsnurture

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    it is okay.. will not harm you.... we had same problem also..
     
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    vansterdam Notable Member

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    It sounds like you are using zencart. We had the same urls for our website and we had no problem getting those pages ranked #1 across all of the top search engines. Ideally those category id's wouldn't be in there, but it is not a big issue. If you don't like how it looks, just do mod rewrites for category urls.
     
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  5. seobloke

    seobloke Active Member

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    its best if you dont have the other category id and stuff.
     
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  6. daley

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    yes !!

    that's right....

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  7. rashida

    rashida Active Member

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    First we have to change into search engine friendly urls using the mod_rewrite.Search engine friendly urls rank high in search engines over the second.
     
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    You can definitely change it but there is no problem at all continuing with the same
     
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    its help to give u better ranking.
     
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  10. petes1980

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    Actually its xcart on that website, but i think thats a similar system. I don't really care about the look of it, just wondered if it would be of benefit SEO wise to remove them.

    Thanks everyone for your replies, i think i will leave them as is right now. Maybe do a mod rewrite on them later on when i have more time...
     
    petes1980, May 12, 2009 IP