Our sites have a high number of long urls. how does this affected ranking

[Feily]

Hi,

A few of the sights in our networks have a high number of urls. How does this affect our rankings

Thanks in advance for your help

[Audiohype]

You wouldn't be able to judge your sites rankings on this metric alone.

How long are the URLs? I would say this factor has a very small weighting when it comes to rankings. If you have a strong domain the search engines shouldn't have a problem with ranking it.

The main issue directly affecting rankings is diluting the keyword match in the URL. This article has a section on URL length which you will probably find helpful:

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/should-i-change-my-urls-for-seo

[Marcus_Miller]

It's not ideal but it's also not a deal breaker. Always think from a user perspective, if I search for 'big yellow dogs' then I would like to see a page name that further confirms and helps me pick that page.

Big Yellow Dogs - Buy Yellow Dogs Online www.colourfuldogs.co.uk/big-yellow-dogs.html View our range of big yellow dogs and choose from a range of yellows including, sunshine, custard or banana yellow to find the perfect large yellow fellow.

Big Yellow Dogs - Buy Yellow Dogs Online
www.randomurl.co.uk/colours/dogs/big/type.php?&requestedcolour=y.... View our range of big yellow dogs and choose from a range of yellows including, sunshine, custard or banana yellow to find the perfect large yellow fellow.

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The first one is just a little more readable and you may win some better anchors if people link to the page organically and it may win a few more clicks and...

It's just a tiny bit better and sometimes that is what matters.

Hope this helps

Marcus