My first campaign identidied long URLs
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Hello!
I've just created my first campaign, and the crawling proccess have detected posts with long URL (more than 70 characters).
If I change it, i.e., alter the URL's, can some problem happens to my blog? Or do I have to disconsider this problem and just "work correctly" from now on?
Thanks in advance for your help!
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Hi alsvik,
Thank you.
I'll do that. I'll not change the past long posts, but will work to not have more larges URLs or titles.
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Hi
That is a minor error. I actually think even SeoMoz rates it as "low impact".
I wouldnt change it! This is a minor error in my optics. Just try to stay within the 76 characters in the future.
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