Do you keep only the "juicy words" in your URLs?

Last updated by Tiago Araújo [SSW] over 1 year ago.See history

This rule has been archived
Archived Reason: Replaced by https://ssw.com.au/rules/create-friendly-short-urls and https://ssw.com.au/rules/relevant-words-on-links

When you create a page URL remove all the filler words and just keep the main keywords. This way your URL's are more friendly. Also, make sure your main keywords are relevant for searches.

northwind.com/how-do-i-find-the-version-of-the-word-document.html

Figure: Bad example - The filler words remain

northwind.com/find-word-document-version/

Figure: Good example - The filler words removed and only Juicy words remain

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