Before we publish anything on the 探花精选 blog, we always take a minute to optimize its URL for both our readers and search engines. It's an SEO best practice that's withstood over the years.
While your URL structure isn't the be-all-end-all of your SEO efforts, using SEO-friendly URLs on your site can give you an edge over your competitors in search. That's well worth the minute (tops) that it takes to optimize it.
So, what does a search-friendly URL structure look like?
There are a few things that go into an SEO-friendly URL. For example, research shows shorter URLs tend to rank higher on Google’s search results pages. If you include one or two keywords in your URL, you’ll also get a slight rankings boost.
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