Re: [WebDNA] To be or not to be friendly (URLs)
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texte = My guess is that Google can probably handle the multidimensional space but that other search engines might have trouble. Not sure the importance of the "topic" value in the URL for SEO. If you are concerned, you are probably better creating a link_to function to write your URLs and a url_id function to grab the id from a URL. Here is a link to an example I posted for my own reference: https://gist.github.com/794051 This is rough draft and need to be adapted but I figured I'd type it in while fresh in my mind. Bill On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Dan Strong
wrote: > William/Steve, > > What is you opinion regarding a URL like this: > http://webdna.us/page.dna?numero=3D1&topic=3Dtechnical-reference > > Thanks, > -Dan > From: Steve Craig > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 11:50 AM > To: talk@webdna.us > Subject: Re: [WebDNA] To be or not to be friendly (URLs) > Definitely agree with the real words in URL stuff. Both myself and anothe= r > WebDNA user who has sadly since died, used to do lots of tests for each > other and our experience was that it certainly improved our listings. > Both of us spent a bit of time programming our own CMS and both were tota= lly > rooted in supplying readable urls to google. We both score very highly wi= th > most of our sites. > Cheers > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd > Tel +44 1330 860550 Fax +44 1330 860880 > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > http://www.asylumweb.com > Email: steve@asylumweb.com > Skype: s.craig - iChat: steve.craig > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > > > On 24 Jan 2011, at 18:42, Dan Strong wrote: > > I consider myself to be fairly SEO savvy, so I'm not asking this out of > ignorance nor am I looking for an exhaustive lesson on SEO, but I would l= ike > to get some opinions from the SEO experts on the list. > > Personally, I prefer friendly URLs, mostly for cosmetic reasons, but back > around 2005, when I first started using them, the consensus was that=A0ha= ving > keywords in the URL was good for SEO and for my sites,=A0it did seem to b= e the > case. > > My impression these days is that, like always, relevant original > human-readable content is the key, and a google sitemap is a very good id= ea, > but beyond=A0that the typical SEO best practices (validated html/css, > descriptive title attributes in links, backlinks from authority sites, > etc.)=A0while they don't hurt, don't necessarily help either. Is that a f= air > statement? > > Specifically, on the webdna.us site, the links are now like this: > http://webdna.us?page.dna?numero=3D152 > > I'd prefer they were like this, but it's beginning to look like a time-si= nk: > http://webdna.us/introduction.dna > > So, with everything above in mind, what are your opinions about URLs like > this as they relate to SEO: > http://webdna.us/page.dna?numero=3D152&topic=3Dintroduction > > Where "topic" is an=A0unused variable with no purpose other than to put > descriptive words in the URL > > Thanks, > -Dan > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- This message is > sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscri= be, > E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug > Reporting: support@webdna.us > > --------------------------------------------------------- This message is > sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscri= be, > E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug > Reporting: support@webdna.us > --------------------------------------------------------- This message is > sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscri= be, > E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug > Reporting: support@webdna.us
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My guess is that Google can probably handle the multidimensional space but that other search engines might have trouble. Not sure the importance of the "topic" value in the URL for SEO. If you are concerned, you are probably better creating a link_to function to write your URLs and a url_id function to grab the id from a URL. Here is a link to an example I posted for my own reference: https://gist.github.com/794051 This is rough draft and need to be adapted but I figured I'd type it in while fresh in my mind. Bill On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Dan Strong wrote: > William/Steve, > > What is you opinion regarding a URL like this: > http://webdna.us/page.dna?numero=3D1&topic=3Dtechnical-reference > > Thanks, > -Dan > From: Steve Craig > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 11:50 AM > To: talk@webdna.us > Subject: Re: [WebDNA] To be or not to be friendly (URLs) > Definitely agree with the real words in URL stuff. Both myself and anothe= r > WebDNA user who has sadly since died, used to do lots of tests for each > other and our experience was that it certainly improved our listings. > Both of us spent a bit of time programming our own CMS and both were tota= lly > rooted in supplying readable urls to google. We both score very highly wi= th > most of our sites. > Cheers > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd > Tel +44 1330 860550 Fax +44 1330 860880 > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > http://www.asylumweb.com > Email: steve@asylumweb.com > Skype: s.craig - iChat: steve.craig > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > > > On 24 Jan 2011, at 18:42, Dan Strong wrote: > > I consider myself to be fairly SEO savvy, so I'm not asking this out of > ignorance nor am I looking for an exhaustive lesson on SEO, but I would l= ike > to get some opinions from the SEO experts on the list. > > Personally, I prefer friendly URLs, mostly for cosmetic reasons, but back > around 2005, when I first started using them, the consensus was that=A0ha= ving > keywords in the URL was good for SEO and for my sites,=A0it did seem to b= e the > case. > > My impression these days is that, like always, relevant original > human-readable content is the key, and a google sitemap is a very good id= ea, > but beyond=A0that the typical SEO best practices (validated html/css, > descriptive title attributes in links, backlinks from authority sites, > etc.)=A0while they don't hurt, don't necessarily help either. Is that a f= air > statement? > > Specifically, on the webdna.us site, the links are now like this: > http://webdna.us?page.dna?numero=3D152 > > I'd prefer they were like this, but it's beginning to look like a time-si= nk: > http://webdna.us/introduction.dna > > So, with everything above in mind, what are your opinions about URLs like > this as they relate to SEO: > http://webdna.us/page.dna?numero=3D152&topic=3Dintroduction > > Where "topic" is an=A0unused variable with no purpose other than to put > descriptive words in the URL > > Thanks, > -Dan > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- This message is > sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscri= be, > E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug > Reporting: support@webdna.us > > --------------------------------------------------------- This message is > sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscri= be, > E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug > Reporting: support@webdna.us > --------------------------------------------------------- This message is > sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscri= be, > E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug > Reporting: support@webdna.us
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