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Pages with URL Too Long
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Hello Mozzers!
MOZ keeps kindly telling me the URLs are too long. However, this is largely due to the structure of E-commerce site, which has to include 'brand' 'range' and 'products' keyword.
For example -
https://www.choicefurnituresuperstore.co.uk/Devonshire-Rustic-Oak-Bedside-Cabinet-1-Drawer-p40668.htmlMOZ recommends no more than 75 characters. This means we have 25-30 characters for both the brand name and product name.
Questions:
If it is an issue, how to fix it on my site?
If it's not an issue, how can we turn off this alert from MOZ?
Anyone know how big an issue URLs are as a ranking factor? I thought pretty low. -
Hi There
URL length is not used as a ranking factor. The guideline is that they mustn't be overly long without reason, otherwise they can look spammy.
If your URLs are:
Site/Category/Sub-Category/Brand/Product Name
Then I see no problem whatsoever. MOZ didn't used to warn on URL length - I generally ignore it and tell my clients not to worry about it.
Regards Nigel
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