Know about SEO Friendly URL and its Benefits, Characteristics

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator, is a division of the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that specifies where an identified resource is accessible and the mechanism for retrieving it.

A URL can be sampled as: http://seoax.blogspot.com/




URLs must be shorter than 2083 characters to provide in Internet Explorer

From SEO view point, a URL structure must be:

• Straightforward: URLs with copy content should have canonical URLs specified for them; there should be no confusing redirects on the site, etc.

• Meaningful: URL names should have keywords in them, not raging numbers and punctuation marks.

• With emphasis on the right URLs: SEO-wise, not all URLs on a site are of equal importance as a rule. Some even should be hidden from the search engines. At the same time, it is important to check that the pages that must to be accessible to the search engines are actually open for indexing and crawling.

SEO-friendly URL can:

• explain your content
• Help you keep away from duplicate content
• Make your pages easier to remember,  share and type into a browser
• Help your Web visitors find the way your site
• Increase search engine ranking for required keywords

SEO Friendly URL’s should:

• Use hyphens (-) to separate the words. Do not use spaces, underscores or any other character. Use limited number of hyphen as it will look bulkier with more hyphens.
• Never be longer than 2,048 characters; otherwise Internet Explorer won’t be able to load the page.
• Avoid the use of parameters, if possible. If parameters need to be used, they should be limited to two or less.

URL best practices are one of the first things someone will discover when they begin to explore SEO. So to get higher ranking of your wensite in search engines, always use SEO Friedly URLs.