SEO URL Question

Hi to all SEO Masters,

What URL is better from SEO point of view?

(this is for local directory)

1)http://www.mydomain( . )com/Travel-Lodging-Los-Angeles/Hotels-Lodging-Los-Angeles/Bed-Breakfasts-Los-Angeles/

2) http://www.mydomain( . )com/Travel-Lodging-Los-Angeles/Hotels-Lodging/Bed-Breakfasts/

3) http://www.mydomain( . )com/Travel-Lodging/Hotels-Lodging/Bed-Breakfasts-Los-Angeles/

4) http://www.mydomain( . )com/Travel-Lodging/Hotels-Lodging/Bed-Breakfasts/

Tanks in advance

 

The shortest is the best.

 

So will it be better idea to miss the key word: "Los-Angeles" from the URL

in order to have the shortest possible URL?

(mydomain (.) com does not contain "Los-Angeles"

 

imho:

#1 may trip spam filters
#2 and 4 should be ok since they have a proper structure
#3 is a bit haphazard

 

I agree .. the shorter the URL the better...

Long URLs stuffed with Key words, may or may not be considered as spam.... Im not sure about this though...

 

I guess #2 and #4 would be fine. #2 seems to be the best choice as it is descriptive and precise while #4 would be fine if you can afford to skip the keyword 'Los-Angeles'.

 

i thnik shortest one is better so /Travel-Lodging/Hotels-Lodging/Bed-Breakfasts/ is the best

 

It depends what your site is about. If the whole site is about travel-lodging then including that in the url is pretty redundant and takes the weight off the real keywords.

 

Thanks for all coments and sugestions.
this will be: Los Angeles Local Directory

So I'll go with #2
Regards!

 

Yes 2 sholud be best choice for seo url i think.

Regards

 

I think #2 would be good also since it tells you location and hotel. Maybe you would want to take out lodging in all of them since travel/hotel would mean lodging would be involved already.

 

Why not do something more intuitive like:

http://www.mydomain.com/travel/lodging/hotels/bed-breakfasts/los-angeles/

i dunno, just my opinion, but that's how i'd do it. it seems like each belongs in its parent dir that way.