A URL, or Uniform Resource Locator, is an address for a file or resource that specifies where that resource is, and how to go about retrieving it.
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Do I really need to remove special characters in a URL?
I have an FTP account shared with friends where we upload underground music albums and then we use the links to share the downloads in a music forum. The problem is that the album names are in french ...
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Why doesn't Google return the main page when searching for the exact domain?
I'm trying to figure out a problem for one of my clients. I have to mention that I've not developed the website and the company that has done the development can not be contacted anymore.
The the ...
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Redirect incomplete URL to index page
I want to redirect specific URLs to the index page not to 404 error page (ex: http://www.website.com/trip-15).
If I remove any character from the URL it will go to 404 error page (ex: ...
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What are the pro and cons of using friendly URLs compared to query parameters (and vice versa)? [duplicate]
I am noticing that more and more sites prefer using "friendly URLs" over adding information as query parameters. For example:
domain.com/product/3343/
compared to
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GoDaddy: “No input file selected” and .htaccess with mod_rewrite?
This is a GoDaddy hosting problem I believe but I have no choice but to stay with them because of my clients. I have recently installed Open Classifieds 2 and was told during installion mod_rewrite ...
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IE strips off parameters from a file URI pasted into an address bar?
Question: How do I stop IE from stripping off parameters from file URI pasted into address bar?
Description of a problem: I have a "simpleTest.html" page with only this JS code inside, that returns ...
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Why did the Googlebot add “sp=1” to my URL's?
Googlebot crawled my site for the first time today, and added something strange. It appended &sp=1 to my URL's. It seems like it's trying to gain authorized access?
Normally I have ...
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Handling pagination, sorting and results per page with SEO-friendly URLs
We have an e-shop which has pagination, sorting, and a 'results per page' limit option. What is the most SEO-friendly approach to structure my URL's?
My first thought was:
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How to handle duplicate product pages for SEO?
I am using the following URL format to display products: mysite.com/category1/product.
Now I am finding certain products fall into more than 1 category and I would like the product to be listed in ...
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Seo considerations and other considerations for jump links using jquery to make a single page website with hash urls [closed]
I'm making a website with one real url. All the other urls are just /#about, /#contact, etc. I'm using jquery to hide and show the different content. I need to know the considerations of making a site ...
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One Page Website, with jump links, but hide, display:none all other content except jump link clicked [duplicate]
I'm wondering how this website design/structure will work for SEO. I have example.com that I'm building. The only actual URL for the website is example.com. However, it will appear to the user that ...
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Adding URL parameters to Google Webmaster Tools: URL encoded or not?
When adding parameters to Webmaster Tools for URLs that I don't want indexed, should I add the parameters with actual brackets, example:
technology[above_average]
or should add in the URL encoding ...
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Can bots crawl through “checkbox” form elements which act as a filter for products?
For example, my site has a list of products, with a filter box which allows you to narrow by price, features, etc. My question is, can google crawl this form, see the url results (which is a bunch of ...
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Configure clean URLs using Laravel using a rewrite rule to index.php
Recently I've started learning Laravel , I haven't any experience with framework before. I'm encountering the following problem .I'm trying to configure the .htaccess file so I can have clean URLs but ...
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Should I have link rel=next & prev on URLs which have query variables?
For example, I have link rel prev & next set up on these pages of products:
site.com?page=2
site.com?page=3
(this is my preferred structure by the way and I'm trying to get all the ugly URLs ...
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URL query variables and rel=canonical
I have 14 pages of products on my site. Each page has 10 products. The product pages are powered by Ajax, and I have a filter results feature which lets them only show products with higher ratings, ...
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Robots.txt disallowing URLs
I need to disallow some URLs on my site but I am not sure how to do that. I have a site that has products and reviews. When someone makes a review, the site generates a URL automatically like this:
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Best SEO solution for new sub-section of business [duplicate]
I'm wondering what is the best way to go about the following task in regards to top Google ranking.
I have a well established site for Example Business - www.examplebusiness.com.
Example business ...
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Magento: 'Use categories path for product URL’s to no' - Will the old URLs be auto redirected? [migrated]
I need to give specs on a magento site to set 'Use categories path for product URL’s to no', but will magento automatically redirect the old urls?
e.g:
I want to change the URLs, so URLs such as
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Pros and cons of language-specific URL's?
I've googled a bit if it's better to use language-specific URL's and most of the answers said yes. For example, for the about page it is better to use:
/en/about-us/
/de/uber-uns/
Than it is to ...
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Initiating a download with php, is there a way to view the download link [closed]
I am trying to hide the location of my product files, so I am initiating downloads server side with PHP after a purchase has been made. Is there a way that the url of the file can be discovered?
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Are images with non-standard extensions (such as “.ashx”, instead of “.png” or “.jpg”) bad for SEO?
Certain CMS' running on IIS like Sitecore do not give image files appropriate file formats like .png or .jpg by default, but instead link to images as:
<img src="/media/Some Folder/EX-IMG.ashx" ...
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Does domain suffix affect SEO? [duplicate]
my first question here! I have a question regarding URL suffixes. Say I have a company, let's call it example-it. If I then purchase the domain www.example.it, thus incorporating the company name into ...
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Wordpress plugins or any other script for adding unique post-string / sub-string based on a defined URL [closed]
I wants to add some sub-string and sometimse post-string automatically on URLs linked on my site. For Example: if in a post I have added an URL like http://www.site.com.
And I want to add a ...
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URL requests with [object] in place of parameter values
We're seeing requests to our server with the literal [object] replacing the values where parameters should be. For example: http://example.com/users/[object].
I've found some suggestions that it ...
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Would this be considered keyword stuffing URL?
I have about 130 products on my site, and i want the URL to look like this,
site.com/unique-product-name-ratings-reviews-prices
Since I have 130 of these pages, I am concerned about the ...
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Google non-SSL search not passing the “q” parameter with keyword
I am building a web analytics application for search engine traffic only and right now I am looking into providing some information about keywords that Google does not show. Like not provided keyword.
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Force url to use www [duplicate]
I'm confused about how to force my url to use www in the address.
I have a .htaccess code like this:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
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Why extensions are hidden in URL?
I know HTML and CSS like a mid level still not a pro. Many times I see in URL extensions are hidden (e.g. .html, .php) but everybody is not doing this.
Why do they do that? Is it for security, or for ...
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map a sub page of a domain to google sites
I control a subpage of a site: economics.university.edu/summerschool
I have access to CNAME, etc. However I want to use Google sites to create the site and then map the URL above to my Google site. ...
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“Included” search phrases in URLs/titles/H1s and SEO
When designing a new URL/folder structure for our website, we faced one interesting problem related to choosing best keywords from SEO perspective. We call it "included search phrases". It will be ...
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How to retrieve PageRank for a blogger blog?
I know this sounds like a stupid/obvious question, but when I try to retrieve the page rank of my blog using online tools, I don't get any result.
My blog is know as ...
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Are there some permalink typology better than others for SEO?
I am pretty new in WordPress and on my blog I am using permalinks.
I have seen that there are 5 topologies of permalinks and I don't know if some types are better than others for search engines for ...
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Image folder name for SEO [duplicate]
We develop and sell ActiveX and .NET controls through our website. After doing some redesign works, every product will have its own top-level folder on the webserver. For instance, the home page for ...
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What is the way to properly implement a Facebook Like button on a page for best SEO purposes?
On our site we want to put a Facebook Like button/widget-thingy. It is possible to create a like button, where the URL associated with the button is the page it sits on, rather than a Facebook page.
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SEO implications of having multiple languages available at same URL
I am in the process of translating a set of websites to multiple languages. Would there be any negative implications if I were to serve each different language from identical URLs?
I fully intend to ...
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app URI scheme fallback URLs
I am working on a mobile friendly website and liked the idea of having my URLs open in native apps; like say to Google Maps or Facebook using custom URI protocols eg fb:// or comgooglemaps://. ...
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I am moving my site from a virtual directory to a dedicated server, can I save me SEO urls via a web.config change?
I have been hosting my site in a shared environment at http://www.example.com/MYSITE/ for a while and I've built up a following there, I have decent ranking in Google and Bing, as well as I've been ...
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Backslash character %5c in URL makes relative links fail
Please can anyone help? Somehow Google has indexed the page:
http://www.wiseowl.co.uk/courseware%5Cms-office.htm
This looks fine, but the page should be:
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“C# grid control”: how to encode this in URL from SEO perspective?
We are developing a WinForms grid control, and selling it thru our website worldwide. At the current stage of SEO works, we found that there are many popular search phrases with the "c#" word we can ...
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Updating Old Site To New. Which Content Management System Lets Me Retain My Old URL? [duplicate]
My old site is done in HTML with .html as file extension.
To allow all those users who visit sites by typing a specific page url, and URL structure being good, I do not retain every single old url as ...
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URL for a blogger blog issue
I am hosting the URL (www.getyourpansoff.com) of a friend as an add-on in a bluehost account. I want to use this URL for her blog (get-your-pans-off.blogspot.com).
I have configured the URL in the ...
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Does Google Analytic count mismatching/unconfigured URLs?
Say url www.mysite.com is registered in Google Analytics and the tracking ID is UA-12345678-90.
What happens if another site with URL www.anothersite.com uses this ID too? Does analytic count visits ...
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Would this be considered keyword stuffing?
we have a website with a lot of galleries filled under a couple of different categories. A while ago we migrated all the URLs from for example:
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multiple domains for one site [duplicate]
I'm maintaining a website of a lodge which has a golf course, a spa and a restaurant and they all have seperate urls. Now, the main Lodge page contains all the content and for now, the other URLs just ...
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URL rewrite with mod_rewrite
I have rewrite rule in parent directory which rewrites URL:
From example.com/index.php?id=test&cat=category
To example.com/index?test&cat=category
Here is my .htaccess file:
Options ...
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Capitals in URL subdirectory not changed by htaccess
Within my WordPress website I am redirecting sub directories to internal and external links. Now, when you place a CAPITAL letter in the sub dir it does not work anymore and the website does not show ...
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Do i need to have a separate page for each article on my website?
I am using a database to store data such as articles, titles, meta and so on. Do I need to Have a separate page for each article so that my articles show up in the list when searched on Google?
Is is ...
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What is the effect of Dynamic URL's on SEO
I have around 150 dynamic URL's as below
http://mydomain.com/training/register.php?key=01ue3be299a-6bc1-1030-a2db-e4115bd593d8
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URL Naming practise
Hi wanted to check if at the end of the URL (http://www.abcd.com/product-name/subproduct,default,sc.html) we have characters like default,sc and then .html, does having default,sc have an impact on ...
