Dates in the URLs for a "hot" content website (tipping service)

[betadvisor]

Hi,

I'm planning to build a website that will present games previews for different sports.

I think that the date should be included in the URL as the content will be valuable until the kick off f the game.

So first i want to know if this is the right approach and second the URL structure i have imagined is

/tips/sport/competition/year/month/day

Ex : /tips/football/premier_league/2013/11/05

Is this a good structure ?

Guillaume.

[customerparadigm.com]

Yes, using a date structure in URLs can help search engines understand the date context of the information.

For example, CNN uses a date-based system, like this, where the date is right after the URL: /yyyy/mm/dd/:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/06/documents-show-first-days-of-obamacare-rollout-worse-than-initially-realized/?hpt=hp_t1

ABC News uses a similar structure:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/11/the-notes-must-reads-for-wednesday-november-6-2013/

As does the NY Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/theraces/2013/11/daily-news-staff-aqueduct-selections-for-wednesday-november-6-2013

Hope this helps...

• Jeff