: Which URL format is better? domain.com/[id]/title OR domain.com/title/[id].html Possible Duplicate: SEO : urls : best place for the id My site uses URL rewriting in both formats (for

@Nickens628

Approach #1 intuitively seems better. That's because logically, the middle of the domain is indicative of a "content hierarchy" and the last portion signifies what the actual content is.

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@Pope3001725

Take a look at the URL of this page. It closely matches option #1 .

I'm not sure if there is a limit to how long a URL search engines will index but if they do have a limit and your URL exceeds it then the ID (695 in your example) will be truncated and the page will become in accessible to them. Having the ID early in the URL will ensure they can always access the page.

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