How Does Google Read a URL?

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Can anyone tell me how does Google read a url...from left to right or right to left?

I want to add my name to a keyword then purchase that url and want to know which url is the better one...e.g. www.KeywordMyName.com or www.MyNameKeyword.com

Someone said to me that google reads a url from right to left, meaning that it would read the .com first, then the word preceeding the .com next, however I want to believe that the logical way to read anything in English is from left to right and that I should therefore place the keyword before my name.

So I'd be happy if someone more learned than me would tell me which way is best.

Many Thanks,

Kirk
#search engine optimization #google #read #url
  • Internet-accessing computers read the URL from left to right, but the dot-separated components of a hostname from right to left.

    So the url

    http :// www . whatever . com / folder / subfolder / filename . html

    Gets read as

    http com whatever www folder subfolder filename html

    The choice of whether to use "whatever" or "everwhat" before the .com is completely irrelevant and neither Google nor any other machine will ever understand the conceptual difference between them. It understands that they are different, and that both of them contain "ever" and "what" within them, but it really does not give a toss.
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    • OK Thanks for that insight, now here's the crux of the matter... When someone does a search they will search for the keyword and not my name so which am I better off using...www.KeywordMyName.com or www.MyNameKeyword.com or does it not even matter?
    • You know I hate pedantry, Cal...my friend (how are you, by the way?)...

      But you missed out a period...

      The url:

      http :// www . whatever . com / folder / subfolder / filename . html

      Gets read as:

      com whatever www folder subfolder filename html

      ...the initial period indicates the root nameservers, which are queried whenever your local hosts file, local dns cache, or your IPS's dns cache can't resolve the IP address of whatever.com

      You know this, of course.



      Cheers,
      Steve
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  • Search engines cannot tell that your website www.YourWebSite.com is Your Web Site .com come it sees it as just one big word if you want the site name to be of value in the SEO you should have it as www.Your-Web-Site.com The search engines can then see all 3 keywords.
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  • Interesting stuff. Thanks to you pedants!

    Have an on-topic similar query: How does Google interpret an url that repeats part of domain name for clarity?

    http :// www . Keyword1Keyword2Otherword . com / about-keyword1-keyword2-keyword3-keyword4 . html

    Keywords 1-4 are the business name. Hyphens in page name for clarity, although I am sure Google would read Ok without.

    Would Big G penalize the repetition?

    Hope that makes sense.
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    • I don't know, why don't you call Google customer service?

      .....PHHAAHAHAHAHA!!

      Oh I'm sorry, I can't say that phrase without laughing...
  • Google will crawl from left to right side only standard format.
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    How Does Google Read a URL?

    Can anyone tell me how does Google read a url...from left to right or right to left? I want to add my name to a keyword then purchase that url and want to know which url is the better one...e.g. www.KeywordMyName.com or www.MyNameKeyword.com