URL Structure - Which would you choose?
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If you want to consider a news section or blog for listing in google news at a later date it may be worthwhile adding a unique number in the urls for each post.
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The value from having keywords in the URL is low. It's not worth adding unnecessary length.
Most of the rankings value is in having the keyword in the domain for external anchor text purposes.
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Version A. It's more concise. And more likely to be shared.
Singular. An exact match is better for most optimization, except for internal anchor text.
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