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    • CommentAuthorTomFisher
    • CommentTimeApr 22nd 2007
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    Hi,

    What is the best permalink structure to use? I thinking of using this one.
    /%category%/%postname%/

    What happens if you change the permalink structure after some post have been made?

    Thanks,
    Tom
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      CommentAuthorJeff
    • CommentTimeApr 23rd 2007 edited
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    Tom,

    There was some discussion about this before, and a few did like something similar to what you are suggesting, except it is suggested that you place the post ID in the middle. The person that originally suggested this string also adds .html to the end, I have done that also on a blog.

    Not to say this format has come with no detractors, however. I am going to give it a whirl.

    The issue of adopting a new structure has no impact on a few posts being made under a different structure, but does impact what outside lookers are expecting to find, like visitors that have book marked a post, or more importantly, a search engine having indexed a post with the old structure. If a page is indexed, and a search engine serves up that page, and the link no longer exists, thats not good for your site obviously.

    For more information on permalinks, search for "permalink structure" (no quotes) in comments (not topics).

    sminc

    • CommentAuthorDenis
    • CommentTimeApr 23rd 2007
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    Personally, I always recommend the date and named base structure, which is good for SEO as well as usability.

    Avoid these two structure at all costs:

    • /%postname%/
    • /%category%/%postname%/

    By using them, you'll get performance problems (several queries could be needed to identify what you're trying to display), bugs (how do you tell /page/subpage from /category/post?), and more bugs (how does WP know that /post/feed is in fact the feed for /post?).

    D.

    • CommentAuthorSuccess
    • CommentTimeMay 26th 2007
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    Thank Denis,

    I am deciding on which URL format to use.

    These are some related posts I have read. What are you thoughts?

    http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/07/21/what-would-i-do-different-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-over-jeremy-schoemaker/

    "If I could go back to last summer when I started blogging I would have redone my url structure. Right now its / %year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ but I would have liked to just have done /%postname%/"

    http://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-friendly-url-structure/4556/

    SEJ just changed their WP url format to /postname/postid/

    http://www.dailyblogtips.com/optimal-url-structure/
    • CommentAuthorDenis
    • CommentTimeMay 26th 2007
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    My thoughts are above, and in many related threads in this forum. I use and encourage to use the default date and named based structure.

    D.

    • CommentAuthoraspkin
    • CommentTimeMay 27th 2007
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    /%category%/%post_id%/%postname%.html

    Seems to be the best. I'm using this on all my new blogs. If you know anything about SEO and how databases work, this will work best and you'll know why.
    • CommentAuthorLisaT
    • CommentTimeMay 31st 2007 edited
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    Ok, I was given some bad info and used the dreaded /%category%/%postname%/ several months ago, now I would like to right the wrong! (changing to default date and name based structure as recommended) Not sure how to modify my .htacess to avoid the link mess. Help please! I promise never to use it again ;)
    • CommentAuthorDenis
    • CommentTimeMay 31st 2007
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    @Lisa: In Sem Pro 4.3, you'll find the permalink redirect plugin, which now features (options / permalink redirect) and permalink migration feature.

    D.

    • CommentAuthorLisaT
    • CommentTimeMay 31st 2007
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    got it - thanks!
    • CommentAuthorrobertj
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2007
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    ok if we are changing an old site that uses /%category%/%postname%/ (i have many of them) and my pages are ranked well in google would using the date and time option either duplicate content or wipe out my google placements? or if i use the permalink redirect will take care of that?
    • CommentAuthorDenis
    • CommentTimeJun 1st 2007
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    permalink redirect sends a 301 redirect code, i.e. Google will process all links to your old urls as if they were pointing to their new location. the rankings will get wiped for a few weeks, until Google reindexes the pages with their new locations.

    D.

    • CommentAuthordustybin
    • CommentTimeNov 14th 2007
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    I was just playing with permalinks.
    When I use /%category%/%postname%/ and make two posts that has the same category, title and slug then the second post is given a unique identifier. Does that not solve the problem of database confusion and resource use?

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