Url structure

[GetApp]

Hi Guys,

Wondering what is better for url structure say for example a key word "slow cooker"

example.com/slowcooker

or

example.com/slow-cooker ?

Thank you

[Devanur-Rafi]

There is no second thought about it and it should be 'slow-cooker' and not slowcooker for lot of obvious reasons both from users' and search engines' perspectives. Try typing 'slowcooker' in Google search and look for suggestions, you won't find 'slowcooker' and more over, slow and cooker are both different words and a hyphen should be placed between them. Even if you search with 'slowcooker', in the results, its no where to be seen. This is for URL structure but coming to domain names, slowcooker.com is recommended and slow-cooker is not for many SEO reasons especially since Google's exact domain match algo update, I would think 10 times before going in for domain names with hyphen(s).  Hope that helps.

Best,

Devanur Rafi.

[DennisSeymour]

from all my years, there's really no difference for me. I would suggest using the "-" for your internal content url structures since it would make it easier for readers to understand but i would advice against the dash on the main domain name.

[GetApp]

Devanur you are a gem! thank you for sharing

[GetApp]

thank you so much Dennis!