: Which of these 3 URL-Rewritings are better SEO friendly URLs? Imagine my current flat-file no-CMS website with an URL like http://example.com/en/tomato. This is of course very unsexy and could

@Samaraweera270

Using hyphens is good for SEO and this technique is favorable for SEO type URL writing.
We use different types of URL's but they are not supportable for SEO.

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@Alves908

Just want to clarify what Eric Vold write about the parameter (?lang=en)

Turns out that Google does not recommend using this kind of parameter as it is confusing for visitors (and other factors).

The best option from your list would be A as seriocomic suggested, but even better if you put it this way:


en.example.com/tomato/just-about-tomatos

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@Berumen354

I think you might have selected the best answer prematurely?

Question 1:
My pick would be example.com/en/tomato/just-about-tomatos - my rationale being:


/en/ is a primary language folder that encompasses all of the content therein so is best suited to appear directly after the domain, and is the best choice for multi-lingual implementation after a) new domain, and b) sub-domain.
/just-about-tomatos is the page - so should reside at the end. There is no need to write .htm at the end since you're rewriting the URL and users DON'T CARE what language/platform you use.


Question 2:
In order to add the just-about-tomatos part into your URL you'd probably have to look at creating a mapping system since that phase doesn't appear in your existing URL.

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@Goswami781

the .htm is good because it lets users know what file type the page is. I wouldn't suggest using /en/ in the url because you want all users to come/link to the same page regardless of the language, and simply have the language changed via url query string paramater.

So I would suggest:


website.com/tomato/just-about-tomatos.htm?lang=en

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