SEO Tycoon

**Learnin' n00b** · 03-27-2011, 04:03 PM

I'm using WordPress, so I'm wondering if an URL like below is OK?

www.website.com/directory/one-two-three-four-five-six/seven-eight-nine-ten-eleven-twelve

That's how Wordpress makes the page URLs look, but I'm not sure "how long" is ok?

**chrishirst** · 03-27-2011, 05:30 PM

64k is the maximum numbers character that current browsers can handle.

So what about URLs being impossible to read out to customers on the phone?

**full house** · 03-27-2011, 08:53 PM

I'm not also sure about the length... I haven't experience any problem like this. I think as long as the url can show it they will show it...

**simonnreynolds** · 03-28-2011, 02:04 AM

This article from SearchEngine Journal answers your question..

http://www.searchenginejournal.com/s...tructure/7216/

Quote:

Length of the URL: no more than 3-5 words in your URL. According to Google’s Matt Cutts if there are more than 5 words…

[Google] algorithms typically will just weight those words less and just not give you as much credit.”

Read more: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/s...#ixzz1Hs5tDTPx

Hope this answers your question

**chrishirst** · 03-28-2011, 04:03 AM

If you stop caring about "what search engines want", because there's every chance you WILL be wrong, and provide what search engine USERS want instead you would all do a lot better!!!!

Even Matt Cutts agrees with me on that!

**john edword** · 03-28-2011, 09:20 AM

According to my knowledge, it should be between 3 to 5 words. Not more than that.

**Learnin' n00b** · 03-28-2011, 09:38 AM

So, with wordpress, as an example:

www.website.com/one-two-three-four-five-six/seven-eight-nine-ten-eleven-twelve

The "one-two-three-four-five-six" would be a category, and "seven-eight-nine-ten-eleven-twelve" the post/page name. is the ~5 words limit for the post/page name or for the entire url?

Thanks for all of your advice guys!

Quote:

If you stop caring about "what search engines want", because there's every chance you WILL be wrong, and provide what search engine USERS want instead you would all do a lot better!!!!

Of course content is what's most important, but I'm just trying to learn about seo..

**chrishirst** · 03-28-2011, 09:57 AM

SEO IS about content!!!!!

Not about such drivel as "how long URLs should be"

You are all so busy looking for the minutiae you complety miss what truly are the important things.

**Learnin' n00b** · 03-28-2011, 10:32 AM

Then why are there companies out there that charge thousands of dollars to optimize a website?

**chrishirst** · 03-28-2011, 10:35 AM

Because they rely on finding idiots with more money than common sense who will happily take in their pseudo scientific nonsense while signing cheques!

**hotellasuite** · 03-29-2011, 01:42 AM

URL will be better if you put enough content under that page.

Google will shows it as : http://www.website.com/directory/on....ten-eleven.php

**chrishirst** · 03-29-2011, 02:28 AM

http://tycoontalk.freelancer.com/seo...tml#post777529

**Jimbob1208** · 04-20-2011, 07:45 AM

Best practice is to write them for humans and not for search engines. keep them succinct and keyword relevant to the page

**Learnin' n00b** · 04-20-2011, 06:52 PM

What about something like this?:

Code:

www.cookingwonder.com/recipes/worlds-best-recipes/super-delicious-banana-bread-recipe

No, I don't own that website

But, it's a good example. Say you have a general category "recipes" and subcategories like "worlds best recipes," then the article title itself.

The URL is long, but it makes sense and would keep things very organized.

**marknel** · 04-23-2011, 04:23 AM

From a users perspective,meaningful and concise urls are important,depending on simple and logical architecture of the site.

**suichiro** · 04-25-2011, 05:10 PM

I actually don't think it matters. Content is what matters for users and not the URL length.

**cheesee** · 04-25-2011, 06:13 PM

The URL length should be short, having it too long is not good for SEO. At least that is what I read in an article.

**chrishirst** · 04-25-2011, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheesee

The URL length should be short, having it too long is not good for SEO. At least that is what I read in an article.

Don't ever read "articles" by clueless "experts" again!

**Learnin' n00b** · 04-25-2011, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrishirst

Don't ever read "articles" by clueless "experts" again!

What articles should we be reading then? From your comments in threads about SEO it seems like you don't think anything except the content on the page affects search result placement??

**chrishirst** · 12:30 PM

Content IS the most important thing.

Do you REALLY think that all the pages on your website get indexed and displayed in the SERPS because you build links for TWO maybe three words, to a SINGLE page on your site. Is it pure chance that SEs send converting visitors for words and phrases you haven't even thought of?

I'm always astonished at the lack of common sense that decrees two or three words in anchor text to ONE page is going to bring riches beyond the dreams of avarice.

This fallacy that every site need thousands of links to only ONE page at some point has to go away.

If anyone had a single brain cell containing some common sense they would realise that, getting links to MORE pages with different anchor has got to yield FAR, FAR better results than the short-sighted stupidity they all subscribe to now.

Your "inner" pages rank on their CONTENT alone in most cases the only links they get are ones from your own pages.

Does THAT fact not tell you something???