URL Suggestions

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by madk, Aug 6, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hello all,

    I currently run a site that has just over 1000+ pages indexed in Google. I am making some database and design changes to make the site a bit easier to navigate.

    We have 3 types of posts on the site. previews, reviews and news. Right now they are all stored in the same db and the URLs are as such www.example.com/post/123/ where 123 is the ID of the post.

    As you can see all of our posts are kinda lumped together and don't have a file extension.

    I am now going to be separating the different type of posts into their own databases.

    Now what I really need is suggestions on URLs. The way I had it previously definitely got the job done but it just feels unnatural to me to not have a file extension. I think it'd feel more natural if I wrote the urls as:

    www.example.com/news/123.html
    www.example.com/reviews/123.html
    www.example.com/previews/123.html

    Do you guys think I should stick the .html to the end of the URL and drop the current look?
     
    madk, Aug 6, 2007 IP
  2. trichnosis

    trichnosis Prominent Member

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    if you have a option, using urls like sitename.com/123.html may be better for you
     
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  3. WPOSolutions

    WPOSolutions Active Member

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    Yes if you can insert .html go for it. The file extension will make it look natural.
     
    WPOSolutions, Aug 6, 2007 IP