I have been asked to post some information regarding my resources for my query string post. The original post is located here – http://btw73.blogspot.com/2007/06/seo-tip-querystrings.html
So the resources that I used when compiling my information were the following sites:
- http://blog.tripledogs.com/?p=76
- http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35769
- http://www.webworkshop.net/seoforum/viewtopic.php?p=131401
- http://www.websitepublisher.net/article/search_engine_friendly_urls/
Here are also a number of other issues to consider when constructing URLs (note that some of this is subjective and not necessarily related to SEO):
- http://www.seoconsultants.com/articles/1000/urls.asp
- Dirty URLs – Complex, hard-to-read URLs are often dubbed dirty URLs because they tend to be littered with punctuation and identifiers that are at best irrelevant to the ordinary user
- Dirty URLS are bad because:
- Dirty URLs are difficult to type
- Dirty URLs do not promote usability
- Dirty URLs are a security risk
- Dirty URLs impede abstraction and maintainability
- Dirty URLs are good because:
- They are portable
- They can discourage unwanted reuse
- How to Clean a URL:
- Keep them short and sweet
- Avoid punctuation in file names
- Use lower case and try to address case sensitivity issues
- Do not expose technology via directory names
- Plan for host name typos
- Plan for domain name typos
- Support multiple domain forms
- Add guess-able entry point URLs
- Where possible, remove query strings by pre-generating dynamic pages
Wow, great information. I could say my knowledge in seo is already broad but I find it nice to see people giving out tips and new information.