New Url Structure

[elbeno]

Hey Guys

We are working on a new site and in order to implement some of the new functions we need to restructure our url's , Will redirect everything correctly but I was looking for advice on the structure we need the word product / category subfolder for speed but would there be any benefit making them shorter ? what would you guys advise ?

Category

Current

http://www.freestylextreme.com/uk/Home/Brands/DC-Shoe-Co-/default.aspx

**New **

freestylextreme.com/uk/category/dc-shoe-co

Product

Current

http://www.freestylextreme.com/uk/Home/Brands/DC-Shoe-Co-/Mens-DC-Shoe-Co-T-shirts/DC-Black-Unwind-T-Shirt---.aspx

New

freestylextreme.com/uk/product/dc-black-unwind-t-shirt

[Faade]

I believe the only benefit you get for making them shorter is that it becomes more aesthetically pleasing. In my opinion as long as you are confident that you can do the redirects correctly then go for it

[edwardlewis]

There are words you could remove or swap for ones that have more semantic meaning. eg

/product - what does that mean? It could be anything

Are the same products listed in more than one category? That could cause problems with duplicattion.. it may be best to have a category structure

domain.com/category-name/subcategory-name

but then for a product:

domain.com/product-title