Question

i use url routing for my category list and final http url is like as follows..

sitename/en/categories/000019001002/gauges-sensor-sets

as you guess, 000019001002 part points out the category code
and gauges-sensor-sets part is name of the category which is most important part(for search engines).

i am doubtful about this format, should i put category code section at the and of the address like

sitename/en/categories/gauges-sensor-sets/000019001002

what do you recommend?

Thanks in advance..

Answer 1

I’d stick with what you have, with the name of the category at the end. This is what a lot of other sites do, although I doubt there is much difference in terms of SEO benefit between the two. The good thing about having the category ID first is that if the category name gets truncated the link will still work.

Have you thought about removing the ID completely and just using the category name? This is what I usually do. As long as all the names are unique this shouldn’t present too many problems. It would make your URLs friendlier and may give a slight SEO boost.