Short URL or long URL for SEO
I am implementing cs-cart for a web site. Which one is better for SEO if possible with a reason or reference. Site sells books stamps cds etc. www.domain.com/book/Java.html (or) www.domain.com/book/programming/Java.html or www.domain.com/Java.html Some says short URLs are good. But isnt it good that stating which category the product it is in. Thanks You can go for both, via canonical URL s. For example, in the <head> of both /Java.html and /book/Java.html: <link rel="canonical" href="/book/programming/Java.html" /> With that, Googlebot (and Yahoo/MS' spiders) will see the current page as a