Which is better paginated URL? domain.com/directory/1 or domain.com/directory/#page-2

[esiow2013]

Thanks in advance!

[Martijn_Scheijbeler]

Definitely: domain.com/directory/1. As using an anchor won't help for SEO as crawlers won't follow the link.

[SajeetNair]

Whether one should have a folder structure versus # tag implementation completely depends on the content, page design and user intent.

#tag implementation is useful when the entire content needs to be rendered on the same page.

The advantages -

• You dont have to wait for the new page to load
• You can have a single page that has all the content

Disadvantages -

• You cannot create multiple pages which some believe is important from an SEO perspective i.e. having more pages in Google's index

In case of dedicated pages, the advantages and disadvantages are reversed. Again I would suggest that instead of SEO, more focus is provided to user intent and design.

Lastly in case of folder structure, please do not forget to add pagination tags as recommended by Google.