SEF URLs. Should I use / or - ?
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I have o activate SEF URLs in a website.
Regarding SEO, is there any difference between using / or - ?
I mean, Is it better to write URLs like this:
http://www.domain.com/folder/folder/page
or like this:
http://www.domain.com/folder-folder-page
?
Is there any difference?
Thanks!
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I have always read that (-) is the best practice for URLs for telling search engines the separation of keyword phrases. I think about it terms of my computer's hard drive to keep it simple.
The (/) separates files (blog directories), and the (-) is what I use on my files (web pages).
Just my way of rationalizing it to myself!
Have a good one,
Jared
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Ask yourself: What structure offers a better user experience? Which one is easier to read, more concise, offers more orientation? Use that one!
Do you really need folder-folder-page ? How about just ".com/page.html" ? Or at most .com/category/page.html
I am pretty sure that
widgets.com/green-widgets.html has a better CTR than
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I would asume thats search engines would see / more a breakup of a phrase then -
to put it another way, / seems equal to a full stop, while - is more like a space.
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