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Search-Friendly URL Naming

When browsing a website, people most often rely on the site's navigation to orient them, so a complex URL name is not explicitly detrimental to their opinion of the website. However, search engine algorithms rely on URLs and information contained within them to understand a website. The likelihood of search engines displaying a website in their search results strongly depends on the presence of any keyword phrases within the URLs. Research shows that the URL naming structure of a website is one of the top factors in determining rankings; therefore, URLs should always be as clean, concise, and informative as possible. jump to top