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I have a blog and its URLs are paginated like
www.example.com/blog?page=x
I have pagination to create these links:
www.example.com/blog?page=1
www.example.com/blog?page=2
www.example.com/blog?page=3
But then I thought about making the page=1 to be the default link without the page parameter like this
www.example.com/blog
www.example.com/blog?page=2
www.example.com/blog?page=3
The same goes for rewritten URLs like www.example.com/blog/x. Should the first page be /blog/ or /blog/1?
Which way is better for SEO?
seo canonical-url url-parameters
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I have a blog and its URLs are paginated like
www.example.com/blog?page=x
I have pagination to create these links:
www.example.com/blog?page=1
www.example.com/blog?page=2
www.example.com/blog?page=3
But then I thought about making the page=1 to be the default link without the page parameter like this
www.example.com/blog
www.example.com/blog?page=2
www.example.com/blog?page=3
The same goes for rewritten URLs like www.example.com/blog/x. Should the first page be /blog/ or /blog/1?
Which way is better for SEO?
seo canonical-url url-parameters
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I have a blog and its URLs are paginated like
www.example.com/blog?page=x
I have pagination to create these links:
www.example.com/blog?page=1
www.example.com/blog?page=2
www.example.com/blog?page=3
But then I thought about making the page=1 to be the default link without the page parameter like this
www.example.com/blog
www.example.com/blog?page=2
www.example.com/blog?page=3
The same goes for rewritten URLs like www.example.com/blog/x. Should the first page be /blog/ or /blog/1?
Which way is better for SEO?
seo canonical-url url-parameters
edited 3 hours ago
Stephen Ostermiller♦
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asked 5 hours ago
Mark Elvis
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I have a blog and its URLs are paginated like
www.example.com/blog?page=x
I have pagination to create these links:
www.example.com/blog?page=1
www.example.com/blog?page=2
www.example.com/blog?page=3
But then I thought about making the page=1 to be the default link without the page parameter like this
www.example.com/blog
www.example.com/blog?page=2
www.example.com/blog?page=3
The same goes for rewritten URLs like www.example.com/blog/x. Should the first page be /blog/ or /blog/1?
Which way is better for SEO?
seo canonical-url url-parameters
seo canonical-url url-parameters
edited 3 hours ago
Stephen Ostermiller♦
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asked 5 hours ago
Mark Elvis
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I would go for the second one. Ideally, your pages should use a search engine friendly URL structure, but you can still use parameters as long as you take the necessary steps to avoid duplication and indexing issues.
Edit:
Go with /blog/ because the 1 doesn't add any value regarding SEO.
answered 4 hours ago
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URL parameters are not always a bad thing, and specifically page=x doesnt have any SEO disadvantage. In your case you would definitely want to go with your second option where the first (1) page would be simply: /blog/ just looks more clean and helps user experience.
Google hates long parameters but likes the short clean ones that show the site's semantics and structure, which is your case.
You can also take a look how to categorize parameters with parameters URL tool.
answered 35 mins ago
John Could
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URLs don't matter that much for SEO as long as your are consistent about it. 99% of the advantage of creating "SEO friendly" URLs is that it makes you think about what the URLs should be and makes you double check that you always use them the same way.
The worst thing that you can do for SEO with URLs is link to multiple versions of the URL that show the same content without doing any URL canonicalization. So for page 1, all these URLs with probably work:
/blog/blog//blog/?page=1/blog/1/blog/?page=1&tracking=xyz/blog/1?tracking=xyz
You need to make sure that:
- You pick one of these URLs as your favorite "canonical" URL.
- Every time you link to your first page, you use your chosen version.
- If other versions of the URL get discovered by search engine crawlers you should use redirects, canonical link meta tags, or sitemaps to tell search engines about the preferred version.
Which specific version you choose doesn't matter much for SEO. URLs don't seem to be much of a direct ranking signal to Google these days. I see some very complex and not-user-friendly URLs ranking in Google when I search.
Even if it isn't a search engine ranking factor, you should pay attention to usability when you choose your URLs. Your URLs should be:
- Descriptive
- Short
- Memorable
- Easy to type
- Consistent
That means that you should use the simplest version of the URL that conveys some meaning about the content of the page and is somewhat like your other URLs. For page 1 I would go with /blog/, personally.
answered 16 mins ago
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3 Answers
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
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up vote
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I would go for the second one. Ideally, your pages should use a search engine friendly URL structure, but you can still use parameters as long as you take the necessary steps to avoid duplication and indexing issues.
Edit:
Go with /blog/ because the 1 doesn't add any value regarding SEO.
answered 4 hours ago
user10198470
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I would go for the second one. Ideally, your pages should use a search engine friendly URL structure, but you can still use parameters as long as you take the necessary steps to avoid duplication and indexing issues.
Edit:
Go with /blog/ because the 1 doesn't add any value regarding SEO.
answered 4 hours ago
user10198470
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up vote
2
down vote
I would go for the second one. Ideally, your pages should use a search engine friendly URL structure, but you can still use parameters as long as you take the necessary steps to avoid duplication and indexing issues.
Edit:
Go with /blog/ because the 1 doesn't add any value regarding SEO.
answered 4 hours ago
user10198470
344
I would go for the second one. Ideally, your pages should use a search engine friendly URL structure, but you can still use parameters as long as you take the necessary steps to avoid duplication and indexing issues.
Edit:
Go with /blog/ because the 1 doesn't add any value regarding SEO.
answered 4 hours ago
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answered 4 hours ago
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answered 4 hours ago
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answered 4 hours ago
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up vote
2
down vote
URL parameters are not always a bad thing, and specifically page=x doesnt have any SEO disadvantage. In your case you would definitely want to go with your second option where the first (1) page would be simply: /blog/ just looks more clean and helps user experience.
Google hates long parameters but likes the short clean ones that show the site's semantics and structure, which is your case.
You can also take a look how to categorize parameters with parameters URL tool.
answered 35 mins ago
John Could
43110
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up vote
2
down vote
URL parameters are not always a bad thing, and specifically page=x doesnt have any SEO disadvantage. In your case you would definitely want to go with your second option where the first (1) page would be simply: /blog/ just looks more clean and helps user experience.
Google hates long parameters but likes the short clean ones that show the site's semantics and structure, which is your case.
You can also take a look how to categorize parameters with parameters URL tool.
answered 35 mins ago
John Could
43110
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
URL parameters are not always a bad thing, and specifically page=x doesnt have any SEO disadvantage. In your case you would definitely want to go with your second option where the first (1) page would be simply: /blog/ just looks more clean and helps user experience.
Google hates long parameters but likes the short clean ones that show the site's semantics and structure, which is your case.
You can also take a look how to categorize parameters with parameters URL tool.
answered 35 mins ago
John Could
43110
URL parameters are not always a bad thing, and specifically page=x doesnt have any SEO disadvantage. In your case you would definitely want to go with your second option where the first (1) page would be simply: /blog/ just looks more clean and helps user experience.
Google hates long parameters but likes the short clean ones that show the site's semantics and structure, which is your case.
You can also take a look how to categorize parameters with parameters URL tool.
answered 35 mins ago
John Could
43110
answered 35 mins ago
John Could
43110
answered 35 mins ago
John Could
43110
answered 35 mins ago
John Could
43110
43110
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URLs don't matter that much for SEO as long as your are consistent about it. 99% of the advantage of creating "SEO friendly" URLs is that it makes you think about what the URLs should be and makes you double check that you always use them the same way.
The worst thing that you can do for SEO with URLs is link to multiple versions of the URL that show the same content without doing any URL canonicalization. So for page 1, all these URLs with probably work:
/blog/blog//blog/?page=1/blog/1/blog/?page=1&tracking=xyz/blog/1?tracking=xyz
You need to make sure that:
- You pick one of these URLs as your favorite "canonical" URL.
- Every time you link to your first page, you use your chosen version.
- If other versions of the URL get discovered by search engine crawlers you should use redirects, canonical link meta tags, or sitemaps to tell search engines about the preferred version.
Which specific version you choose doesn't matter much for SEO. URLs don't seem to be much of a direct ranking signal to Google these days. I see some very complex and not-user-friendly URLs ranking in Google when I search.
Even if it isn't a search engine ranking factor, you should pay attention to usability when you choose your URLs. Your URLs should be:
- Descriptive
- Short
- Memorable
- Easy to type
- Consistent
That means that you should use the simplest version of the URL that conveys some meaning about the content of the page and is somewhat like your other URLs. For page 1 I would go with /blog/, personally.
answered 16 mins ago
Stephen Ostermiller♦
65.5k1388237
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up vote
1
down vote
URLs don't matter that much for SEO as long as your are consistent about it. 99% of the advantage of creating "SEO friendly" URLs is that it makes you think about what the URLs should be and makes you double check that you always use them the same way.
The worst thing that you can do for SEO with URLs is link to multiple versions of the URL that show the same content without doing any URL canonicalization. So for page 1, all these URLs with probably work:
/blog/blog//blog/?page=1/blog/1/blog/?page=1&tracking=xyz/blog/1?tracking=xyz
You need to make sure that:
- You pick one of these URLs as your favorite "canonical" URL.
- Every time you link to your first page, you use your chosen version.
- If other versions of the URL get discovered by search engine crawlers you should use redirects, canonical link meta tags, or sitemaps to tell search engines about the preferred version.
Which specific version you choose doesn't matter much for SEO. URLs don't seem to be much of a direct ranking signal to Google these days. I see some very complex and not-user-friendly URLs ranking in Google when I search.
Even if it isn't a search engine ranking factor, you should pay attention to usability when you choose your URLs. Your URLs should be:
- Descriptive
- Short
- Memorable
- Easy to type
- Consistent
That means that you should use the simplest version of the URL that conveys some meaning about the content of the page and is somewhat like your other URLs. For page 1 I would go with /blog/, personally.
answered 16 mins ago
Stephen Ostermiller♦
65.5k1388237
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
URLs don't matter that much for SEO as long as your are consistent about it. 99% of the advantage of creating "SEO friendly" URLs is that it makes you think about what the URLs should be and makes you double check that you always use them the same way.
The worst thing that you can do for SEO with URLs is link to multiple versions of the URL that show the same content without doing any URL canonicalization. So for page 1, all these URLs with probably work:
/blog/blog//blog/?page=1/blog/1/blog/?page=1&tracking=xyz/blog/1?tracking=xyz
You need to make sure that:
- You pick one of these URLs as your favorite "canonical" URL.
- Every time you link to your first page, you use your chosen version.
- If other versions of the URL get discovered by search engine crawlers you should use redirects, canonical link meta tags, or sitemaps to tell search engines about the preferred version.
Which specific version you choose doesn't matter much for SEO. URLs don't seem to be much of a direct ranking signal to Google these days. I see some very complex and not-user-friendly URLs ranking in Google when I search.
Even if it isn't a search engine ranking factor, you should pay attention to usability when you choose your URLs. Your URLs should be:
- Descriptive
- Short
- Memorable
- Easy to type
- Consistent
That means that you should use the simplest version of the URL that conveys some meaning about the content of the page and is somewhat like your other URLs. For page 1 I would go with /blog/, personally.
answered 16 mins ago
Stephen Ostermiller♦
65.5k1388237
URLs don't matter that much for SEO as long as your are consistent about it. 99% of the advantage of creating "SEO friendly" URLs is that it makes you think about what the URLs should be and makes you double check that you always use them the same way.
The worst thing that you can do for SEO with URLs is link to multiple versions of the URL that show the same content without doing any URL canonicalization. So for page 1, all these URLs with probably work:
/blog/blog//blog/?page=1/blog/1/blog/?page=1&tracking=xyz/blog/1?tracking=xyz
You need to make sure that:
- You pick one of these URLs as your favorite "canonical" URL.
- Every time you link to your first page, you use your chosen version.
- If other versions of the URL get discovered by search engine crawlers you should use redirects, canonical link meta tags, or sitemaps to tell search engines about the preferred version.
Which specific version you choose doesn't matter much for SEO. URLs don't seem to be much of a direct ranking signal to Google these days. I see some very complex and not-user-friendly URLs ranking in Google when I search.
Even if it isn't a search engine ranking factor, you should pay attention to usability when you choose your URLs. Your URLs should be:
- Descriptive
- Short
- Memorable
- Easy to type
- Consistent
That means that you should use the simplest version of the URL that conveys some meaning about the content of the page and is somewhat like your other URLs. For page 1 I would go with /blog/, personally.
answered 16 mins ago
Stephen Ostermiller♦
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answered 16 mins ago
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