If you are using Wordpress as your CMS (content management
system), or are running a blog on it, you should take the following
steps to optimize your URLs, also known in the blogosphere as
Permalinks. Permalink is just another name for the specific URL
assigned to each blog post or page you publish.
There are other blog systems out there but I personally use Wordpress
mostly and it is my favorite so far. This principle applies to other blog
software but I’m using Wordpress as the specific ‘how-to’ example
here.
The default format of a blog post/page URL in Wordpress is to use an
id number, so that your URL will look something like:
Yourdomain.com/blog/?p=203
This doesn’t tell the search engines much. So here’s what you do.
Go to the Settings screen from your dashboard, then go to the
Permalinks section.
Check the button next to “Custom Structure” and in the text field,
type:
/%postname%/
This will automatically use the title of your post as the Permalink.
Eg. Yourdomain.com/this-is-my-first-blog-post
This is a much more search engine friendly URL. ***
You can also manually edit the permalink for each post when you are
writing or editing a post or page – the permalink will appear right
underneath the title and you can edit it as you choose. (If you are
using slightly older versions of Wordpress, the permalink is called Post
Slug,
system), or are running a blog on it, you should take the following
steps to optimize your URLs, also known in the blogosphere as
Permalinks. Permalink is just another name for the specific URL
assigned to each blog post or page you publish.
There are other blog systems out there but I personally use Wordpress
mostly and it is my favorite so far. This principle applies to other blog
software but I’m using Wordpress as the specific ‘how-to’ example
here.
The default format of a blog post/page URL in Wordpress is to use an
id number, so that your URL will look something like:
Yourdomain.com/blog/?p=203
This doesn’t tell the search engines much. So here’s what you do.
Go to the Settings screen from your dashboard, then go to the
Permalinks section.
Check the button next to “Custom Structure” and in the text field,
type:
/%postname%/
This will automatically use the title of your post as the Permalink.
Eg. Yourdomain.com/this-is-my-first-blog-post
This is a much more search engine friendly URL. ***
You can also manually edit the permalink for each post when you are
writing or editing a post or page – the permalink will appear right
underneath the title and you can edit it as you choose. (If you are
using slightly older versions of Wordpress, the permalink is called Post
Slug,
