 Should Url Stuffing Be Considered Spam? |
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 Apr 26 2008, 01:43 PM
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 Paz  Group: Active Members Posts: 702 Joined: 4-March 04 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 11:47 AM From: Spain Member No.: 2,763  |
A competitor in one particular niche I always thought was an okay site. I dont really take much notice of other competitor sites, like some do, to be honest.
However looking at one of our important entry page key phrases today I noticed this particular site had moved up a cple of spots (not above me thankfully, im happily atop the tree) and being impossible to miss was the returning url for that result. http:/*www .domain.com/group_services_barcelona_dmc_corporate_events_in_barcelona after that it would get longer (just for a 2 click deep page) example: /special_events_in_barcelona the first url is one of the main navigation buttons on the site. I am aware that it may look ugly to some searchers etc and concern myself with our own conversions but surely that is in no other bracket than spam? Shouldnt Google n co be piddled off? Where would alarm bells go off in that sense? an underscore is not considered a space, is that correct? |
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Apr 26 2008, 02:53 PM
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 High Rankings Advisor  Group: Admin Posts: 29,199 Joined: 21-July 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 10:47 AM From: Ashland, MA Member No.: 2 |
It's not spam, it's just a long URL.
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Apr 30 2008, 09:51 AM
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HR 2 Group: Active Members Posts: 23 Joined: 21-July 05 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 05:47 PM Member No.: 8,118 |
Yeah, doesn't really look that spammy to me. Maybe if it were named site.com/keyword1-keyword1-keyword1-keyword1-barcelona.html
And yeah, btw use hyphens instead of underscores to seperate words in your URL |
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Apr 30 2008, 10:24 AM
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 Keep Asking, Keep Questioning, Keep Learning Group: Active Members Posts: 1,950 Joined: 24-May 07 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 03:47 PM From: Worthing - England Member No.: 17,339 |
QUOTE Should Url Stuffing Be Considered Spam? Should stuffed base & crust be considered a pizza? |
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May 5 2008, 01:18 PM
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Paz Group: Active Members Posts: 702 Joined: 4-March 04 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 11:47 AM From: Spain Member No.: 2,763 |
Im really suprised at the reponses. 8 words for a file name is spam in my eyes.
"Maybe if it were named site.com/keyword1-keyword1-keyword1-keyword1-barcelona.html" is pretty much exactly what it is. |
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May 5 2008, 02:09 PM
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 HR 6 Group: Active Members Posts: 590 Joined: 5-August 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 11:47 AM From: Kentucky Member No.: 301 |
This type of URL is generated on 1000's of WordPress URLs everyday.
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May 5 2008, 03:05 PM
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High Rankings Advisor Group: Admin Posts: 29,199 Joined: 21-July 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 10:47 AM From: Ashland, MA Member No.: 2 |
Yep. It's a default with wordpress, which is why the engines would never just arbitrarily say it's spam. I think even Matt Cutt's posts on his blog may use that format!
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