URL optimization

Hello,

what do you think is the most efficient way:

http://www.mydomain.com/keyword1/keyword2

or

http://www.mydomain.com/keyword1-keyword2.php

Both keywords are related.

Cheers !
Thibaut

 

I think the second ...

 

It depends on the rest of the content on your site.
If you're creating a page on keyword1 that lists lots of other pages on your web page with associated content like keyword2 then I'd go for the keyword1/keyword2 format.
Otherwise go for keyword1-keyword2 but I wouldn't duplicate any of the words.

 

They are treated with equal weighting.

 

I think the second one will be given more weightage than first one. Just wait for some more time to get more replies from DP members.

 

I would choose second one if it looks good to you....

p.l.u.r.

 

I don't think that makes a huge difference.. As long as the url is descriptive, you are fine

 

If the keyword1 looks more like a category containing keyword2 then do first one. At the end you are developing sites mainly for users. What looks natural to users should look valuabl to search engines now or later.

But other than that situation, i would prefer the second way, since if you go one level deeper that most probably means your PR go to one level lower..

 

I would go for the second...the first puts keyword two one level deeper and you should try to keep your pages as close to the root as possible

 

This same thing was discussed in a different thread. I have tested both of these methods and I have gotten the URL with all the words together ranked into good positions. So I say all words together.

Url 1!

 

Hello and thanks for the replies.

I used the second one but I saw many directories used the first one.

Cheers !
Thibaut

 

most use the first dude. option two wont work as well I'm afraid..

 

he already made his decision

 

Is best, and that's not an opinion, that's what I've found to be true in both Yahoo and Google through my own tests. But I'd only use it if http://www.mydomain.com/keyword1/ is also a valid page.