Which URL Is Better?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by gobbly2100, Dec 12, 2006.

  1. #1
    If I had a choice between naming a URL www.domain.com/seo.hml or www.domain.com/seo which would be the best choice?
     
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  2. disgust

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    #2
    it likely won't make a terribly strong difference regardless.

    is "seo" an example or what you actually want to use? there are likely better url schemes.

    domain.com/seo/search-engine-optimization.html for the intro page, for example, then include more under the seo directory.
     
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  3. angielski

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    #3
    I would left seo.html or better as disgust said search-engine-optimization.html
    In some cases .html is better
     
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    #4
    Actually, they're not different between html page or not but If I were you, I will prefer to .html page.
     
    530, Dec 13, 2006 IP
  5. mysterybless

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    Both have same the same prefrence
     
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    Well, I think Google would think seo.html is more static and the other one is more likely to be dynamic.
     
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  7. WhatiFind

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    It doesn't make a difference to name your page .htm .html. .php .asp or just domain/topic/ every webpage has the ability to rank in a search engine at a certain position.

    But I advice you to go into dept..

    So that's: domain / topic / more niche topic / content (dot any extension)

    For instance I've created a page where I describe the directorycontest.com As you can see I've used: domain / topic / niche topic / content.html, this gives a ranking in google search at position 8.

    But when searching for link baiting you see jimwestergren's page comming to the surface (notice without any extension) And this is actually an interesting search query, the first result is without an extension, the second is a .php and the third result is .shtml. See no difference in extension that influences the search results.

    The main factor in linkbuilding is this guide from jimboykin. http://www.jimboykin.com/site-backlinks/ Read it and rank:)
     
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  8. Corazon

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  9. yepya.com

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    I think seo.domain.com is also a good option.
     
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  10. sebastya

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    I doubt it would matter if it was /seo or seo.html
     
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    I would rather go for
    domain.com/seo/
    and the content html with an index.html under that folder
     
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    i don't think that it really matters... what matters is how you optimize your site
     
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    I'd normally stick with .html. It makes interlinking pages and assets that little bit easier.
     
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    I really don't think it would matter. It will still go down to how you market your site to be on the top list of the search engines.
     
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    As I understand it sub domains are looked at by search engines (at least google) as almost a separate site so relevancy, PR, etc wont carry over to the sub domain. IE. it will be really hard to rank if its a sub domain. (unless your sub domain has racks of inbounds)

    This is not a good option unless you have completely irrelevant information to the overall theme of site.com thus the option to have randominfo.site.com might be warranted.
     
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