The free Wordpress software from wordpress.org is one of the best blog platform when it comes to SEO. And one of the greatest feature of this software is the changeable permalink structure.
What is permalink? According to my own definition hehe, it is the complete website page address where a specific blog post or a website page can be accessed. Usually its a page URL generated from a CMS based website.
On this blog post, the permalink is:
http://www.gl3nnx.net/seo/the-best-seo-permalink-for-wordpress.htm
Permalink is one of the important factors on search engine optimization. If you want your blog to rank on a specific keyword, then you should put your target keywords as a part of your blog’s permalink.
If you are just starting to blog, or your blog is new and your blog is using the default wordpress (http://www.yourblog.com/?p=123) permalink page id system.. I encouraged you to change its permalink structure for better seo. But be informed that you may lost some existing trackbacks, if you have, and you will need to modify your on site page links, unless you install a special wordpress plugin to catch your previous trackbacks.
So how to change your wordpress permalink.. If you are using Wordpress 2.5+ heres the screenshot
Permalinks is just under SETTINGS if you are using Wordpress 2.5+, and under OPTIONS if you are using the previous versions of Wordpress.
So what is the best SEO Permalink? Based on my own experience and opinion the best wordpress permalink is:
%category%/%postname%.htm
So where to put this code:
I just simply love this (%category%/%postname%.htm) permalink structure because it is short, simple, categorized and specific..
By the way, %category%/%postname% is also a good SEO wordpress permalink. Do you know other good seo based wordpress permalink? Please post your thoughts about this post.
On this blog post, the permalink is:
http://www.gl3nnx.net/seo/the-best-seo-permalink-for-wordpress.htm
Permalink is one of the important factors on search engine optimization. If you want your blog to rank on a specific keyword, then you should put your target keywords as a part of your blog’s permalink.
If you are just starting to blog, or your blog is new and your blog is using the default wordpress (http://www.yourblog.com/?p=123) permalink page id system.. I encouraged you to change its permalink structure for better seo. But be informed that you may lost some existing trackbacks, if you have, and you will need to modify your on site page links, unless you install a special wordpress plugin to catch your previous trackbacks.
So how to change your wordpress permalink.. If you are using Wordpress 2.5+ heres the screenshot
Permalinks is just under SETTINGS if you are using Wordpress 2.5+, and under OPTIONS if you are using the previous versions of Wordpress.
So what is the best SEO Permalink? Based on my own experience and opinion the best wordpress permalink is:
%category%/%postname%.htm
So where to put this code:
I just simply love this (%category%/%postname%.htm) permalink structure because it is short, simple, categorized and specific..
By the way, %category%/%postname% is also a good SEO wordpress permalink. Do you know other good seo based wordpress permalink? Please post your thoughts about this post.
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September 25th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I use the postname. I remove the “and” “the” etc sa permalink. I just leave them na lang sa Title.
September 26th, 2008 at 9:17 am
@Laarni, hi thanks po sa comment.. i visited your site, its nice!
September 26th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Hello… ^_^ I am using joomla wid my blog…^^ I am thinking of switching to wordpress…kaya lang…hmmMm..^^ comments? ^^
September 27th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Dude, nice post again. I agree, it really helps.
September 29th, 2008 at 12:47 am
ako %postname% lang din, pero may .php sa dulo, wala lang yung dati ko kasing site .php yung extension kaya yun na rin nilagay ko, heheh.
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:29 pm
@Excess, mag switch kana sa Wordpress Sir, mas maganda wordpress very SEO friendly.
@Vanni.. Thanks Vanni, I was trying to subscribed to your blog’s feed button that points to a protocol feed:// but it doesnt work
@Amor:
Hi amor, oo nga astig permalink mo .php parang customized blog at hindi Wordpress hehe.
October 6th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Hello! Yap I just switched to wordpress…^^
btw it is ExcEsc..^_^ Good Luck to us all..^_^
October 7th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
@Excesc, good luck dude, mas maganda tlaga wordpress
November 17th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Thanks for sharing, but I don’t know if I understand it well?
January 6th, 2009 at 9:22 am
I’ve implemented the permalink as advsed in this post. Though it’s the first time I see it ending in .htm! Kinda a SEO trick?
January 26th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
I use /%category%/%postname%.htm.
Is there a way to remove the default /category/ with actual category/postname. for eg, in sidebar, it should be /diabetes/howexercise.htm should be the link for post and /diabetes/ for category page. I’ve tried with the technique given in http://www.askapache.com/seo/remove-category-from-wordpress-urls.html. but it had not worked. Anyone try this technique and feedback on this?
January 27th, 2009 at 2:57 am
Thanks sa TIPS about permalinks. Babaguhin ko na rin permalink structure ko. Thanks po ulit!
January 27th, 2009 at 8:55 am
@mexxaseonetworks: Yup, its a peace of SEO trick.
@Cadia Gail: Are you using Wordpress 2.5+ ? If you are using the old versions the default is “category” but you can eliminate this tag if you are using higher versions of Wordpress
@Cajen: Good luck dude, ganda mga tutorials mo ah
February 3rd, 2009 at 11:36 pm
tq i have followed your permalinks
February 17th, 2009 at 3:09 am
Soemhow I will not suggest using this structure if you are using more then 1 category for one post
March 29th, 2009 at 7:37 am
Hello!
Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource!
PS: Sorry for my bad english, I’v just started to learn this language
See you!
Your, Raiul Baztepo
March 30th, 2009 at 3:29 am
Hi! What if I set as /%postname%/, would it result to a better SEO?
March 30th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Thanks for the comments guys
Just want to share my PERSONAL opinions on using different permalink formats in Wordpress.
If you blog on a single topic in your domain, I suggest you to use the permalink: /%postname%/
This will make your site domain rank well with your target topic easily.
If you blog on different topics, I suggest you to use:
/%category%/%postname%.htm
or
/%category%/%postname%
This will hint Search Engines to treat your blog post differently based from your category.
But heres my stand why
/%category%/%postname%.htm is better than /%category%/%postname%/
A .htm will inform search engines that your post is using a static .htm page. I don’t have a strong proof that static pages ranks well on search engine but for me a .htm file will give a strong point of topic focus compare to directory
yourblog.com/category/topic/ (a blog post in a directory structure)
yourblog.com/category/topic.htm (a blog post in a .htm file format)
And based on my own experience the permalink /%category%/%postname%.htm works well and gives me better traffic to all of my blogs.
March 30th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Wow! Very well said! Since I’m into a multiple topic blog, you’re recommending /%category%/%postname%.htm. (I agree). As of now, I’m using /%postname%/ so if change it do you think will it result to a 404 Not Found or No Subject was Found?
Thank you
April 1st, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Hi erick, yup thats the consequence if you want to change your permalink.. but I heard theres a wordpress plugin that can handle redirection of urls from old to new permalinks.
April 25th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
good article thanks
April 25th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
thanks dude
June 6th, 2009 at 4:47 am
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June 8th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
A fantastic read….very literate and informative. Many thanks….what theme is this you are using and also, where is your RSS button ?
June 12th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
It might be a good idea to leave a unique number in your permalinks. I often have posts with the same name and it can be troublesome unless you leave in date or post_id information. I currently use: /%category%/%post_id%/%postname%
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August 17th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
now i know what is permalink… thanks po
October 1st, 2009 at 2:02 am
I have to change my permalink
http://mydomain/%category%-%postname%.htm
so if visitor see my article more user friendly
I’m sorry my grammer Bad.. I’m Indonesian People
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:07 am
Even had I wanted to, I could not do it. ,
November 13th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
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January 21st, 2010 at 12:48 am
Thank you for this very helpful guide on how to comment. This will be very helpful for those you are just starting to blog.
May 5th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
i followed your suggestion places category wide URL in my Blog….and it is good to look at and maybe benefit my in future….