Wordpress site - Can I use the permalink edit button to add keywords to urls??

by Infosurplus

Posted: 11 years ago 5 replies

WEB DESIGN

Hello,

I am creating a wordpress website, it is currently pass protected and hasn't been submitted to search engines yet. (I think!!) I'm working on SEO and want to place keywords in the urls of each page. If I use the edit button beside the permalink on the Edit Page , I can do this. And the pages seems to be working fine with the keyword change.

Is there any problem with doing this??

Is this the best way to insert keywords in urls?

Also, when I try to add a keyword like 'products' to the end of a permalink which ends china/ the forward slash dissapears and the two words are combined without a space / dash or hyphen, is this OK?

Really appreciate any help , Thanks

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yestyle Banned 11 years ago

I think It's ok, you can add keywords into your url but don't make too different with post title.
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- RobinInTexas 11 years ago
  
  It would be better for SEO if you match the post title with the permalink. Less work as well.
  
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thememass 11 years ago

In Settings/Permalinks, choose the last option "Custom Structure" then add your keyword into the pattern:
Before
/%postname%/

After:
your-keyword/%postname%/

But you should consider the repeat keyword for all of web pages. And so on, once you added that keyword and google indexed pages already. It's weird if you want to take out the keyword! Be careful!
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inquitech

11 years ago

Good question indeed, It's always recommended to use keywords in your URL (post-page) and in your title of your page using H1 and H2 tags! Must read SEO tips to get ranked higher on search engine.

Best of luck!