Should i get witty with folder name of Blog?
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I understand the importance of keywords, but I also worry about the usability factor.
Curious - anyone ever study about the impact of calling your WP folder "blog" vs "long-primarykeyword"
Im thinking of something generic
/blog
/community
/articles
/infoVs long keyword
/long-keyword/
ANyone have any input? Every time I search, i see things about Folders vs Subdomains, etc.
Thanks everyone for your feedback!
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Thanks - yes, i wish our keword was shorter, but
longnameing-blog/ seems over the top, and
/idea-blog/ sounds assinine
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Thank you for your help
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when I worked for an SEO agency, our blog was called 'SEO-blog' rather than just 'blog'. Personally, I don't think it really matters that much. I wouldn't go for anything really long though because long URLs are not nice (for SEO, for the user, heck for anyone really!)
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Hi
I think its better to be "Blog"; users know what blog means, but other things (long keyword stuffs) is confusing them. If you want to use your keywords, use /blog/keyword-as-category.
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