Are shorter URLS better for SEO? - Site Owners Forums

shantybeauty · 10-15-2013, 09:58 PM

Many people reduce their URLs. But as per my understanding it develops overhead of additional redirection, other can not guess about the target article with their url, and it should be less friendly for "inurl: ..." kind search.

Should I shorten the URLs of my sites?

Is there any sort of advantage with short URLs besides the fact that they take less characters in anchor tags on the page (helpful for website loading)?

rajjnisspra · 10-15-2013, 10:37 PM

yes, shorter url is better than longer because it beneficial to users and search engines.
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aronmatt3 · 10-15-2013, 10:47 PM

No, there is not any benefit of URL shorten-er and there is no SEO benefit for this.

ICTBoost · 10-16-2013, 12:21 AM

Yep, shorter URL are better. Certainly if you use keywords in at the end of your url!
That's also the reason why a keywords in your domainname counts more than having a keyword in the second level of the url.

willsondany · 10-16-2013, 05:59 AM

Unwanted keywords many not be displayed in your URL and you can get good keyword density with your URL.

amitsharma11 · 10-16-2013, 06:08 AM

Yes..it is helpful in seo

rubiconteams · 10-16-2013, 06:18 AM

Yes,
it is helpful in SEO, if your url is short and look like as keyword. it is more useful for your website seo. you don't have need to do more Seofor your website it comes upper fastly then other long url depend on your competitors..

singhabhishek25 · 10-16-2013, 06:36 AM

I do not know from where you got this information and spreading the myths, there is nothing to do with this for SEO.

SeniorDark · 10-17-2013, 12:29 AM

shorter and easier (to remember for example) links are better.

And since you should be creating site for users not for search engines, it's obvious you'll be making simpler links

jtindia · 10-17-2013, 05:22 AM

Shorten URL are generally consider as 301 redirect so there is nothing bad in using it...and we also won't anything from it too....

susanhall · 10-18-2013, 03:40 AM

No, Short URL is not good SEO point view. But your can you Short URL in Microblogging where the character limit is limited like twitter...etc.

jobtardisport · 10-18-2013, 05:02 AM

Shortening url is just transferring our links to the another url (shortly) for temporary use. It is helpful in posting on social medias. While we made postings in social medias it is not good to see our link in broader so for that purpose shorter url is used as temporary service.

pooja_thakur · 10-19-2013, 01:03 AM

Short urls are only used for social sharing,these doesn't contain keywords so it has very less chances to come in search engine.

spyindiavimlesh · 10-19-2013, 02:34 AM

Thanks very much for your valuable information. I appreciate it.

hazelbrown · 10-22-2013, 06:35 AM

Yes, long urls have a negative impact on SEO. At least as far as google is concerned.

10-15-2013, 09:58 PM	#1
shantybeauty Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 144	Are shorter URLS better for SEO? Many people reduce their URLs. But as per my understanding it develops overhead of additional redirection, other can not guess about the target article with their url, and it should be less friendly for "inurl: ..." kind search. Should I shorten the URLs of my sites? Is there any sort of advantage with short URLs besides the fact that they take less characters in anchor tags on the page (helpful for website loading)? __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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rajjnisspra Registered User Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Delhi Posts: 70	yes, shorter url is better than longer because it beneficial to users and search engines. day picnic near delhi \| botanix nature resort Last edited by rajjnisspra; 10-15-2013 at 10:39 PM..

10-16-2013, 12:21 AM	#4
ICTBoost Registered User Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 26	Yep, shorter URL are better. Certainly if you use keywords in at the end of your url! That's also the reason why a keywords in your domainname counts more than having a keyword in the second level of the url. __________________ Kind Regards, ICTBoost Johan Santamaria To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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amitsharma11 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 86	Yes..it is helpful in seo __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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rubiconteams Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: India Posts: 13	Yes, it is helpful in SEO, if your url is short and look like as keyword. it is more useful for your website seo. you don't have need to do more Seofor your website it comes upper fastly then other long url depend on your competitors.. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

10-15-2013, 10:47 PM	#3
aronmatt3 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 39	No, there is not any benefit of URL shorten-er and there is no SEO benefit for this.

10-16-2013, 05:59 AM	#5
willsondany Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 57	Unwanted keywords many not be displayed in your URL and you can get good keyword density with your URL.

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singhabhishek25 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 85	I do not know from where you got this information and spreading the myths, there is nothing to do with this for SEO. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. ---best urologist Hyderabad, Website design Hyderabad, urologist, best, website company

10-17-2013, 12:29 AM	#9
SeniorDark Registered User Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 42	shorter and easier (to remember for example) links are better. And since you should be creating site for users not for search engines, it's obvious you'll be making simpler links __________________ Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.

10-17-2013, 05:22 AM	#10
jtindia Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 345	Shorten URL are generally consider as 301 redirect so there is nothing bad in using it...and we also won't anything from it too.... __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

10-18-2013, 03:40 AM	#11
susanhall Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 12	No, Short URL is not good SEO point view. But your can you Short URL in Microblogging where the character limit is limited like twitter...etc.

10-18-2013, 05:02 AM	#12
jobtardisport Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 887	Shortening url is just transferring our links to the another url (shortly) for temporary use. It is helpful in posting on social medias. While we made postings in social medias it is not good to see our link in broader so for that purpose shorter url is used as temporary service. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. , To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. , To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. , To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. , To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

10-19-2013, 01:03 AM	#13
pooja_thakur Registered User Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 34	Short urls are only used for social sharing,these doesn't contain keywords so it has very less chances to come in search engine.

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hazelbrown Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 26	Yes, long urls have a negative impact on SEO. At least as far as google is concerned. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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