: In terms of SEO, is it better to have a URL broken down by folder, or with dashed names? I am creating a friendly url interpreter for my website. I have read dozens of similar topics on
I am creating a friendly url interpreter for my website. I have read dozens of similar topics on this site, but none that seem to address my particular situation. What I want to know is if it's better to have:
A well broken down URL where each category is represented by a folder
domain.com/1036/OR/Lane/Lowell/Wetleau-Subdivision
-OR-
A URL which groups all of the categories and terms together
domain.com/1036/Wetleau-Subdivision-Lowell-OR-Lane
I am asking only in terms of what is best for SEO, not necessarily human readability. My thinking is that it may be better to group them all together like they are in the second example. My reasoning being that all of those terms represent the page and are more likely to draw a result.
I am a complete SEO nub though, and I crave some expert guidance. Thank you in advance for any help given.
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First I must say that search engines doesn't care about your URL structure. they only see your tags and your content.
URL is only important for the visitors.
I must ask something, do you actually have many different pages under each folder/category?! if yes, then it would be more clear for the visitors to use a folder for each category.
But remember, simple is easy, keep it as simple as possible, don't make any unnecessary folders and also don't put all your pages from different categories in one folder.
Based on the wording of your question I'm guessing you have seen this:
Where Matt Cutts of Google (approx 2 mins.) addresses this very issue. However my gut feeling from experience says that all things being equal, it is the title tag of the page in question that would be significant. To this day, I see spammy sites with optimized page titles rank well, presumably because search engines like exact matches. Descriptions tags are important too but Google often generates them dynamically based on the query from page content, which is what @panindra was referencing above.
URL represented in folder will always be better for reading and well for SEO also , there is nothing difference in either two methods but for human reading it makes lot of difference. If it is easier to read the link there is more chances of user clicking your site ( most of the user try to read the url before clicking in the search page result ) .
Google will give equal importance to both type but to display the result you need more optimization on other things like Anchors , content , keywords etc then just a URL. URL always should reflect your keyword and content keep it simple as much as possible
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