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    • Paul78
      Paul78 last edited by

      Hi there,

      Need some advice please on URL structure. I have been doing SEO for quite sometime now, however one thing that always get me is URL structure. I have a decision to make, its either:

      URL 1   /conditions/allergies/food/

      URL 2   /conditions/allergies-food/

      Lets say i am optimizing for the key-phase "Food Allergies" what do you think is best practice? I know that this is not a major factor in gaining high SERPs & maybe i'm thinking about it too much, however your input would be really helpful.

      Kind Regards,

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      • RyanKent
        RyanKent last edited by

        Either choice is just fine. If you have "allergies" as a category with many sub-categories, I would recommend the folder approach but either way will work.

        Matt Cutts from Google shares insight on this topic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=971qGsTPs8M

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        • Ramp
          Ramp last edited by

          I'd say do catalogs as category and subcategory.

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          • Paul78
            Paul78 last edited by

            Hi Ryan / Ramp,

            Yes, I think so also, and watching that video from Matt Cutts confirmed that, it just makes sense plus it looks nice 🙂

            So /conditions/allergies/food/ it is, now i can concentrate on producing great content.

            Thanks again

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