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    • tomypro
      tomypro last edited by

      Quick question,

      Assume my keyword is the German soccer team "1.FC Nuremberg". What is the best URL design to target that keyword?

      domainname.com/1fc-nuremberg

      or

      domainname.com/1-fc-nuremberg

      Any thoughts? Does it make - even a tiny - difference?

      /Thomas

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      • AlanMosley
        AlanMosley last edited by

        I would go for the "domainname.com/1-fc-nuremberg" version

        Reason, google can pic words out of a url, but I doubt they can pick out that you want 1 and fc to be seperate.

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        • firstconversion
          firstconversion last edited by

          Depends how people are typing it in to Google.

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          • tomypro
            tomypro @firstconversion last edited by

            As mentioned, the keyword is 1.FC Nuremberg which is naturally what users are typing into Google.

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