Question about SEOing URL's

mdsurf · 06-13-2011, 07:32 PM

Hello,

I have a question about SEOing urls.

I am selling products that are very similar on my site and am unsure if i am configuring the urls correctly.

For example if i am selling t-shirts, is it okay to have my urls be

xyz.com/shirt-1/
xyz.com/shirt-2/
xyz.com/shirt-3/
etc. as opposed to

xyz.com/blue-shirt/
xyz.com/green-shirt/
xyz.com/red-shirt/

i am targeting a small niche, so for the previous example the only relevant search terms are for shirt and not for blue shirt, green shirt, red shirt etc.

so i guess my real question is does it matter if you have the same urls for your products with just add a number at the end of them?

thanks

mdsurf · 06-14-2011, 07:56 PM

anyone know or have suggestions? thanks

Carl Brown · 06-14-2011, 07:59 PM

Wouldn't searchers look for "blue shirts" "green shirts" and not "shirt1" and "shirt2"?

yukon · 06-14-2011, 08:05 PM

I think this would be better & more detailed to help pick up new longtail keywords in the SERPs.

xyz.com/blue-shirt-small-s/
xyz.com/blue-shirt-medium-m/
xyz.com/blue-shirt-large-l/
xyz.com/blue-shirt-extra-large-xl/

Tuffy22 · 06-14-2011, 08:08 PM

While blue shirt, red shirt, green shirt might not be your targeted phrases, they surely offer more traffic potential than shirt1, shirt2, shirt3.

06-13-2011, 07:32 PM	#1
mdsurf Active Warrior Join Date: May 2011 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 69 Thanks: 6 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Question about SEOing URL's Hello, I have a question about SEOing urls. I am selling products that are very similar on my site and am unsure if i am configuring the urls correctly. For example if i am selling t-shirts, is it okay to have my urls be xyz.com/shirt-1/ xyz.com/shirt-2/ xyz.com/shirt-3/ etc. as opposed to xyz.com/blue-shirt/ xyz.com/green-shirt/ xyz.com/red-shirt/ i am targeting a small niche, so for the previous example the only relevant search terms are for shirt and not for blue shirt, green shirt, red shirt etc. so i guess my real question is does it matter if you have the same urls for your products with just add a number at the end of them? thanks

06-14-2011, 07:56 PM	#2
mdsurf Active Warrior Join Date: May 2011 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 69 Thanks: 6 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Question about SEOing URL's anyone know or have suggestions? thanks

06-14-2011, 07:59 PM	#3
Carl Brown HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 382 Thanks: 40 Thanked 49 Times in 38 Posts	Re: Question about SEOing URL's Wouldn't searchers look for "blue shirts" "green shirts" and not "shirt1" and "shirt2"?

06-14-2011, 08:05 PM	#4
yukon SEO Strategist War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 6,532 Thanks: 355 Thanked 1,992 Times in 1,273 Posts	Re: Question about SEOing URL's I think this would be better & more detailed to help pick up new longtail keywords in the SERPs. xyz.com/blue-shirt-small-s/ xyz.com/blue-shirt-medium-m/ xyz.com/blue-shirt-large-l/ xyz.com/blue-shirt-extra-large-xl/
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06-14-2011, 08:08 PM	#5
Tuffy22 Active Warrior Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 88 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Question about SEOing URL's While blue shirt, red shirt, green shirt might not be your targeted phrases, they surely offer more traffic potential than shirt1, shirt2, shirt3.
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