No Keyword in URL, but it is there

[Liva]

Hi,friends. I have grade A on all pages  but system shows like no keyword in url, but it is there.

for example i have Latvian keyword: bīstamo kravu pārvadājumi (with Latvian characters like Ū, Ā)

I have url with exact keyword in it: http://vervo.lv/lv/kravu-parvadajumi/transports/bistamo-kravu-parvadajumi

So why moz dont see that keyword, it does not understand special characters?

[crackingmedia]

As Dan has suggested, you may be best to contact Moz support about this, but it's not really a case of Moz not understanding the characters but the characters being different.

For example, the letter ā is not the same as a

I am not an expert at this but:

ā would encode to this in a URL: %26%23257%3B whereas a would encode to this: a

For your keywords, bīstamo-kravu-pārvadājumi would encode to this: b%26%23299%3Bstamo-kravu-p%26%23257%3Brvad%26%23257%3Bjumi and not this: bistamo-kravu-parvadajumi

It might be worth trying b%26%23299%3Bstamo-kravu-p%26%23257%3Brvad%26%23257%3Bjumi as the URL rather than bistamo-kravu-parvadajumi and then re-testing in Moz.

This page may also help you further: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.asp

Peter

[Dan-Lawrence]

it certainly would, must be hard for people with different characters in their alphabet.  However i think if your otherwise scoring a B then you know that really you have scored an A etc etc

[Liva]

It would be nice if moz.com tools could understand these characters

[crackingmedia]

Hi Līva

Yes, the reason the page grader shows no keyword in the URL is because of the differences in the characters used in the URL and the actual keyword you are grading it for.

Peter

[Dan-Lawrence]

i would guess that yes it is because of the Latvian characters, if you send Moz a support request they will be able to confirm this for you

All Best

Dan