Comments on: Talk like a Googler: parts of a url http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/ neat fun stuff Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:30:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Thaddee Tylhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-890075 Thaddee Tyl Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:48:30 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-890075 What Robert Brewer said back in 2007 is right.Tantek Celik mentioned how hard it is these days to determine what everyone is talking about when dealing with URLs <a href="http://tantek.com/2011/238/b1/many-ways-slice-url-name-pieces" rel="nofollow">in a recent post</a>.It would be nice of you to edit your post to match RFC documents. "http" is just the scheme; the protocol would be "http:". Likewise, "parameters" are not mentioned in standard documents; what you mean is "search" (DOM); but ideally, you should talk about the "query", which doesn't include the leading question mark. Finally, "#00h02m30s" isn't a fragment; it is either a fragmentId (URL RFC), a hash (DOM), or "00h02m30s" is the fragment.I know your editing the post won't restore the Tower of Babel, but it might at least help to get in a place where each name has only one meaning.My preferred combination is HTTP's ( scheme / host / port / path / query / fragment ), because it strips down the URL to the least number of characters; but any combination that uses terms found in RFCs and W3C documents is welcome. What Robert Brewer said back in 2007 is right.

Tantek Celik mentioned how hard it is these days to determine what everyone is talking about when dealing with URLs in a recent post.

It would be nice of you to edit your post to match RFC documents. “http” is just the scheme; the protocol would be “http:”. Likewise, “parameters” are not mentioned in standard documents; what you mean is “search” (DOM); but ideally, you should talk about the “query”, which doesn’t include the leading question mark. Finally, “#00h02m30s” isn’t a fragment; it is either a fragmentId (URL RFC), a hash (DOM), or “00h02m30s” is the fragment.

I know your editing the post won’t restore the Tower of Babel, but it might at least help to get in a place where each name has only one meaning.

My preferred combination is HTTP’s ( scheme / host / port / path / query / fragment ), because it strips down the URL to the least number of characters; but any combination that uses terms found in RFCs and W3C documents is welcome.

]]> By: OCMhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-799298 OCM Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:48:51 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-799298 please is it possible to have a SUBDOMAIN of another subdomain.... meaning...www.subdomain1.subdomain2.domain.edu.uk. please how do i go about it if it is possible? please is it possible to have a SUBDOMAIN of another subdomain….
meaning…

http://www.subdomain1.subdomain2.domain.edu.uk.
please how do i go about it if it is possible?

]]> By: Nevil Darukhanawalahttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-775129 Nevil Darukhanawala Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:20:41 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-775129 Does google consider .co as columbia or is it treated like .com I have a client who has a .co address. Does google consider .co as columbia or is it treated like .com I have a client who has a .co address.

]]> By: Miguel Ángelhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-719038 Miguel Ángel Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:56:18 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-719038 So dynamic and static URLs are indexed with the same priority? So dynamic and static URLs are indexed with the same priority?

]]> By: camilohttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-435549 camilo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:06:01 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-glossary-url-definitions/#comment-435549 Hi Matt, how has this post been impacted by the latest updates by Google with in-site links? I was reading a post about using named anchors on the <a href="http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/09/using-named-anchors-to-identify.html" rel="nofollow">Google blog in September</a> that pretty much says # characters are now ok to use. Hi Matt, how has this post been impacted by the latest updates by Google with in-site links? I was reading a post about using named anchors on the Google blog in September that pretty much says # characters are now ok to use.

]]> By: recephttp://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 Prestonhttp://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-inclusionYou 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: scottiehttp://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: Leonhttp://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: SEODEOhttp://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.

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