SEO Structure - Best Advice
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Hi Mozzers,
I'm wondering if I need to tweak my SEO friendly URL structure slightly.
Example:
http://www.vintageheirloom.com/vintage-celine/celine-bags
would this be better for SEO if it was:
http://www.vintageheirloom.com/vintage-celine/bags
Perhaps the repetition of 'celine' is unnecesary, but OpenCart ecommerce CMS requires a plugin / modification to enable multiple use of a single term like e.g. 'bags'.
Any benefit for $30?
Thanks!
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With the extra info no, I'd definitely agree that once is enough. I don't think that there is any benefit to the repeat and you risk either looking spammy (reduced CTR in SERPs) or being algorithmically marked as spammy (reduced SERPs).
$30 seems like a bargain to reduce those risks!
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I woud not have it twice in the URL because it looks like an attempt to manipulate the search engines.
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Sorry Mat, you're not going mad... I'm being slack...
links should be:
"www.vintageheirloom.com/vintage-celine/celine-bags"
would this be better for SEO if it was:
"www.vintageheirloom.com/vintage-celine/bags"
Hopefully the URLs above don't get truncated as before...
Second link is the same but the instead of ending with ...celine-bags it just ends with ...bags
Would repeating Celine twice count as keyword stuffing or would the robots let that pass?
Thanks...
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I'm not going mad am I? Those 2 links you posted are the same. Hard to see what you are getting at.
However I will say that I would be careful about repeating keywords in URLs. It could look like keyword stuffing both to the engines and users.
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