Comments on: Talk like a Googler: parts of a url http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/ neat fun stuff Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:35:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: recep http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-259317 recep Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:04:01 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-259317 l understood what u mean but l am confisued about how to remove old urls from search engines, if l configute the .htaccess and redirect all old urls via htaccess or make costum 301 or 404 pages will stop duplicate content, but what about the indexed dublicates from different google datasencers? l still have many iidot links comes from different google datacenters. well nice done, thanks. l understood what u mean but l am confisued about how to remove old urls from search engines, if l configute the .htaccess and redirect all old urls via htaccess or make costum 301 or 404 pages will stop duplicate content, but what about the indexed dublicates from different google datasencers?
l still have many iidot links comes from different google datacenters.
well nice done, thanks.

]]> By: Marketing Preston http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-253234 Marketing Preston Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:19:21 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-253234 Hello Matt, Thanks for the breakdown, I remember having to sit through a lecture on this! It's definately not the most riveting of topics! I just thought I'd clarify that both static and dynamic url's can contain question marks. I know that some people may read this article and think that a question mark within the url almost certainly means that the url is dynamic, when this is not the case. Take the two sites: http://www.seo-angels.co.uk/services.asp?service_no=12 http://www.seo-angels.co.uk/index-inclusion You may be thinking that the first is a dynamic website and the second a static one, but it is possible and often the case that static url's can be database driven and dynamic looking url's can be static. Wordpress and other blogging platforms that are database driven have dynamic url's but because there is a facility to edit them, it is impossible to detect just by looking at the url itself. For example a page on our website... http://www.seo-angels.co.uk/seo/free-website-analysis ...is a dynamic url, although it would appear to be static using the ? mark rule. I just thought I'd clear that one up. Nick Hello Matt,

Thanks for the breakdown, I remember having to sit through a lecture on this! It’s definately not the most riveting of topics!

I just thought I’d clarify that both static and dynamic url’s can contain question marks. I know that some people may read this article and think that a question mark within the url almost certainly means that the url is dynamic, when this is not the case.

Take the two sites:

http://www.seo-angels.co.uk/services.asp?service_no=12
http://www.seo-angels.co.uk/index-inclusion

You may be thinking that the first is a dynamic website and the second a static one, but it is possible and often the case that static url’s can be database driven and dynamic looking url’s can be static.

Wordpress and other blogging platforms that are database driven have dynamic url’s but because there is a facility to edit them, it is impossible to detect just by looking at the url itself.

For example a page on our website…

http://www.seo-angels.co.uk/seo/free-website-analysis

…is a dynamic url, although it would appear to be static using the ? mark rule. I just thought I’d clear that one up.

Nick

]]> By: scottie http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-228732 scottie Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:48:28 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-228732 what about sub.sub.exaple.com domains...how could i do that? what about sub.sub.exaple.com domains…how could i do that?

]]> By: Leon http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-208909 Leon Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:52:03 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-208909 Hi Matt, We knew the difference between subdomain and top domain from your blog. and how's about "http://name.subdomain.a.com" vs "http://subdomain.a.com/name/"? Hi Matt,
We knew the difference between subdomain and top domain from your blog.
and how’s about “http://name.subdomain.a.com” vs “http://subdomain.a.com/name/”?

]]> By: SEODEO http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-137130 SEODEO Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:19:43 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-137130 I have read that Google loves static URLs. But I am NOT rewriting my dynamic url’s into static. I don´t want to loose my ranking. I have read that Google loves static URLs. But I am NOT rewriting my dynamic url’s into static. I don´t want to loose my ranking.

]]> By: Science Jobs Guru http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-130499 Science Jobs Guru Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:14:35 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-130499 Hi Matt, I have spent this evening reading some of your blogs, interesting reading I must say... Our developers have put a comma in some of our sites url's... is this a good or a bad idea...? Many thanks... Eamonn Hi Matt,

I have spent this evening reading some of your blogs, interesting reading I must say… Our developers have put a comma in some of our sites url’s… is this a good or a bad idea…?

Many thanks… Eamonn

]]> By: dhurowitz http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-128242 dhurowitz Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:17:05 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-128242 Matt, first off I am big fan of your work. Had a question regarding url's and the negative effects of dashes, for example how does Google view the two following urls, custombanners.c versus custom-banners.c any insight into this issue would be most appreciated. thank you in advance for your time to respond. Matt, first off I am big fan of your work. Had a question regarding url’s and the negative effects of dashes, for example how does Google view the two following urls, custombanners.c versus custom-banners.c any insight into this issue would be most appreciated. thank you in advance for your time to respond.

]]> By: Joran http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-126263 Joran Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:25:01 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-126263 Hi Matt Re: Fragment Identifiers and Server vs Client Side Session State I'm subscribed to your blog in Reader and it's a good read. Thank you. I've been developing in AJAX for some time and want to explore bundling my entire site content and functionality into a single client- side application. Google did this with GMail etc. The problem: this is deep-web stuff. Googlebot is blind to it. Noscript tags can't be used to expose the content since the app would use fragment identifiers and Googlebot would index everything against one url. So I want to create a stripped site-map meets plain-text version of the content for the Googlebot user-agent. But then this would clash with the Google webmaster guidelines? What can we do? Thanks tremendously, Joran Hi Matt

Re: Fragment Identifiers and Server vs Client Side Session State

I’m subscribed to your blog in Reader and it’s a good read. Thank you.

I’ve been developing in AJAX for some time and want to explore
bundling my entire site content and functionality into a single client-
side application.

Google did this with GMail etc. The problem: this is deep-web stuff.
Googlebot is blind to it. Noscript tags can’t be used to expose the
content since the app would use fragment identifiers and Googlebot
would index everything against one url.

So I want to create a stripped site-map meets plain-text version of
the content for the Googlebot user-agent. But then this would clash
with the Google webmaster guidelines?

What can we do?

Thanks tremendously,

Joran

]]> By: Manish Chauhan http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-123623 Manish Chauhan Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:50:29 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-123623 Dear Matt Could you please let me know if I am rewriting my dynamic url's into static, would it make any changes in my rankings?? Thanks in advance Dear Matt

Could you please let me know if I am rewriting my dynamic url’s into static, would it make any changes in my rankings??

Thanks in advance

]]> By: Andrew http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-121666 Andrew Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:20:11 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-121666 Would it be possible for someone to indicate how important it is to have such separators in things like directories within a domain (for example widgets.com/widget-information) - how much would a site suffer if it just used directories without such characters (widgets.com/WidgetInformation/)? Would it be possible for someone to indicate how important it is to have such separators in things like directories within a domain (for example widgets.com/widget-information) – how much would a site suffer if it just used directories without such characters (widgets.com/WidgetInformation/)?

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