Comments on: SEO For WordPress Permalinks http://deeperclicks.com/2010/04/seo-for-wordpress-permalinks/ Internet Marketing Advice Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:33:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: admin http://deeperclicks.com/2010/04/seo-for-wordpress-permalinks/comment-page-1/#comment-3282 admin Wed, 04 May 2011 13:50:57 +0000 http://deeperclicks.com/?p=163#comment-3282 That's a good question, Paul. If you put the post in multiple categories, WordPress will choose one category for the Permalinks URL. WordPress usually defaults the category in the Permalink to the last category chosen for the post. You can also manually change the permalink with the “edit” function if you don’t like WordPress’ default. Usually, a post will have a "main" category which you can use in the URL, but it's fine for it to reside in an additional category or categories if that makes sense. It does mean you have to be a little more careful and cautious about choosing your categories, and especially with changing the category after the post is already published and indexed by the search engines. But I feel that the SEO benefits of having the category in the Permalink URL outweighs these issues, as long as you have set up good SEO categories and you can take the extra time to be careful with your categorizing. If that's not possible, using just the post name in the Permalinks, or even the date and postname, is a reasonable alternative, especially if you are clever with including the keywords in your post names. That’s a good question, Paul. If you put the post in multiple categories, WordPress will choose one category for the Permalinks URL. WordPress usually defaults the category in the Permalink to the last category chosen for the post. You can also manually change the permalink with the “edit” function if you don’t like WordPress’ default. Usually, a post will have a “main” category which you can use in the URL, but it’s fine for it to reside in an additional category or categories if that makes sense. It does mean you have to be a little more careful and cautious about choosing your categories, and especially with changing the category after the post is already published and indexed by the search engines. But I feel that the SEO benefits of having the category in the Permalink URL outweighs these issues, as long as you have set up good SEO categories and you can take the extra time to be careful with your categorizing.

If that’s not possible, using just the post name in the Permalinks, or even the date and postname, is a reasonable alternative, especially if you are clever with including the keywords in your post names.

]]> By: Paul Gillin http://deeperclicks.com/2010/04/seo-for-wordpress-permalinks/comment-page-1/#comment-1106 Paul Gillin Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:32:22 +0000 http://deeperclicks.com/?p=163#comment-1106 Good advice, but doesn't this preclude you from using multiple categories in a post? What does Wordpress default to in that case? Good advice, but doesn’t this preclude you from using multiple categories in a post? What does Wordpress default to in that case?

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