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Old August 9th, 2008, 07:03 AM
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URL length and depth in folders
I run an online shop and have a question regarding URLs. What is the best URL for my products:

shopexampleDOTcom/apparel/kids/gymboree/jeans/cherry-baby.html
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shopexampleDOTcom/apparel/kids/gymboree/jeans/cherry-baby/
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shopexampleDOTcom/apparel-kids-gymboree-jeans-cherry-baby.html
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I'd go for: shopexampleDOTcom/apparel/kids/gymboree/jeans/cherry-baby.html

You have gone very deep into different folders, I don't think you should go this deep. What does everyone else think?
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You have gone very deep into different folders, I don't think you should go this deep. What does everyone else think?


I Agree

You maybe better setting it up to where your never more then 2 folders deep. Move some the these folders to the root of the site.

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Matt stated that the number of slashes in your URL (i.e. the number of directories deep your page is) isn't a factor in your Google rankings. It is rumored to matter for Yahoo and MSN (Live Search).
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The URL doesn't matter.

If a browser can read it and the URL returns the same HTML code there is no difference.

There are practical limits but these are nowhere near that.

Perosnally I don't think either URL will make any difference.

I always keep a flat file system so I would chose
shopexampleDOTcom/apparel-kids-gymboree-jeans-cherry-baby.html
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I always keep a flat file system so I would chose
shopexampleDOTcom/apparel-kids-gymboree-jeans-cherry-baby.html


I always was told to many hyphens might trigger a trust issue.
Have you seen this? or is this more towards domain names?
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The URL doesn't matter.

If a browser can read it and the URL returns the same HTML code there is no difference.

There are practical limits but these are nowhere near that.

Perosnally I don't think either URL will make any difference.

I always keep a flat file system so I would chose
shopexampleDOTcom/apparel-kids-gymboree-jeans-cherry-baby.html

I agree that the URL doesn't matter to a certain extent.

However, I'm an organizational freak - I like everything in a certain place. I would separate the main sections into different folders.

The structure I would have is as follows: shopexampleDOTcom/apparel-kids/gymboree/jeans-cherry-baby.html

Just my personal preference.
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