{"id":90,"date":"2011-01-19T18:28:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T18:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codeblam.com\/blog\/?p=90"},"modified":"2024-12-28T19:42:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T19:42:33","slug":"seo-scoring-urls-domains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codeblam.com\/blog\/optimisation\/seo-scoring-urls-domains\/","title":{"rendered":"SEO Scoring: URL\u2019s & Domains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Keyword-rich URLs and filenames<\/strong> <\/strong>(+3)<\/span>
A very important factor, especially for Yahoo! and Bing.<\/p>

Site Accessibility <\/strong>(+3)<\/span>
An issue often neglected. Making sure the entire site can be accessed. Looking out broken links, 404 errors etc.<\/p>

Sitemap<\/strong>(+2)<\/span>
Search engines love sitemaps, and if kept up-to-date, it is so much easier for your site to get crawled.<\/p>

Site Size<\/strong>(+2)<\/span>
The larger the size, the better. Just remember to keep the site user-friendly as it grows.<\/p>

Age of Site<\/strong>(+2)<\/span>
Typically, the older the site is, the more respected it is. These sites are more trusted and likely to be around in the long term.<\/p>

Domains<\/strong>(+1)<\/span>
Not all domains are equal. The most common, being .com is more superior that .ws or .biz, but nothing beats a .edu, .gov or .org<\/p>

Hyphens in the URL<\/strong>(+1)<\/span>
Hyphenated words in the domain, and the rest of the URL are readable by the search engines.<\/p>

URL Length<\/strong>(0)<\/span>
Generally does not matter but just a best practice not too make them too long.<\/p>

Adsense and Adwords<\/strong>(0)<\/span>
Neither Adsense and Adwords will have any effect on the SEO of your page.<\/p>

Dynamic URLs<\/strong>(-1)<\/span>
Static URLs are preferred as dynamic URLs can get over 100 characters long, which would be a huge disadvantage. You can work around this by using a human\/SEO-friendly URL rewriter.<\/p>

Session IDs<\/strong>(-2)<\/span>
Worse than dynamic URLs, try avoid using session id\u2019s on pages that you would lke to be indexed.<\/p>

Redirects<\/strong>(-3)<\/span>
If not implemented correctly, redirects will hurt your site. 301 or 302 redirects are redirects that should even be considered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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