5 More Query String SEO Tips You Need To Read

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