Wordpress SEO and Categories

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Wordpress supports %category%/%postname% as the url.

However, with hierarchal categories, it gets messy. for example:

mysite.com/grasses/bird-grasses/bird-grass-reviews/western-grey-grass-bird-grass-review

notice how EVERY category in the path is shown?

1) Now... is this a GOOD thing? More category keywords for context?

2) Or is it a bad thing (item keywords appearing farther to the right?

3) can I fix it so just the "end node" category is shown?

4) or should I make it use JUST the post slug for the url?


Thanks,
John
#search engine optimization #categories #seo #wordpress
  • Don't use any categories at all in your links

    Make the slug short as possible, yet descriptive of the page.
  • Yeah I was leaning towards #4 myself (first off it prevents duplicate pages).

    If anyone has a different opinion though.. I'm open to hearing it.
  • Try to keep the url as short as possible from the SEO point of view. Lengthy urls are most likely not be easily picked by google. Any controversies??
  • Use the Post slug alone and implement breadcrumbs on the pages.
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    • I agree with this. It's what I do and it works for me

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