: Decimal Coordinates in the path of the URL Is using decimal coordinates in a url of a page that describes the location around these coordinates a seo unfriendly decision? For example: animalobservation.com/ants/srid4326point-

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The biggest mistake webmasters make is trying to focus too much on SERP rankings to the deficit of the user experience. It is unlikely that a user will specifically type in a decimal coordinate to your site to access the fictitious details of ants living in that location but it is also unlikely that they will want to describe the area based on highly subjective landmark references. There are a range of situations where having the decimal coordinates of a location in the URL is very appropriate and the best option and whether you use subjective landmark based URL's or decimal based location coordinates will not affect your SERP rankings. The important thing to remember is that your URL's should make sense to someone who sees them. A website which deals with drilled down locations will make sense to use coordinates, especially if the only effective way to differentiate between locations, say two separate locations within a wide open field, is to use decimal coordinates in lieu of descriptors. As a side note this is the way that Google maps builds its URL's. The coordinates of the center point of the map are used in the URL to tell the Google Maps App where to center the map. You can imagine how unusable Google Maps could become if to center the map you needed to describe an area using words such as "100m south of the big oak tree and 200m west of the lake".

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