Search Engine Friendly URL's
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When building a website is is important that you have search engine friendly URL's by doing this you increase your chances of getting listed higher in the search engines for your desired search phrases. Below are some examples of search engine friendly URL's and URL's which are not as good to use:
Old File Name: www.yourdomain.com/page.php?id=1234
New File Name: www.yourdomain.com/web-hosting.php
Old File Name: www.yourdomain.com/subfolder/product=?81972bs8a0
New File Name: www.yourdomain.com/sub-folder/hair-spray.php
Old File Name: www.yourdomain.com/content.php?id=14
New File Name: www.yourdomain.com/contact.php
Explanation: Using some content management systems and shopping carts will use dynamic URL's which are
not search engine friendly. Fortunately you will find that there are now a lot of SEO Mod's available
for most content management systems and shopping carts though make sure you do your research properly
before choosing.