Remove all stop words from permalink?

[varunrupal]

I saw many websites theses days remove stop words from the URL, How important is to remove stop words from the URL?

[Nigel_Carr]

Hi Varun

It makes the URL look cleaner, also no stop word is any use either in the URL or in the page title. Sometimes they are essential where for example a record by the band 'Cage The Elephant' would make no sense if you removed the 'The', but in general, they are of little use. It's for that reason they are discouraged. They can also make the URL overly long but no one seems to be able to decide what is too long.

Stick to succinct, punchy URLs that tell it as it is.

Regards

Nigel

[randfish]

Hi Varun - I'd say it's mildly valuable, not super important. If you can, and it's easy, go for it. If you're struggling to do so, don't worry about it. Neither search engines nor users are too picky about stopword removal in URLs.