Which URL would you choose?
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1 – www.company.com/subfolder/subfolder/keyword-keyword-product (I’m able to keyword match with this url)
or
2. www.company.com/subfolder/subfolder/product (no url keyword match)
What would you choose? A url which is "short" but still relevant, or, a url which is more descriptive allowing “keyword” match?
Be great to get your feedback guys.
Many thanks
Gary
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Good share, thx Dean
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Good article on Moz: Should I Change My URLs for SEO in particular number 4 re Keyword Stuffing
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My thoughts also. We're limiting to 2 sub folders to allow everything to be more manageable, plus naturally this contributes to keyword targeting.
Thanks Leonie
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Hi, I'll choose the short url and put keywords in title, description and content. If possible choose only 1 subfolder.
Grtz, Leonie
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