There are many important factors you need to consider when creating a clean URL to achieve top ranking on Google organic search listing.
How to create a SEO friendly URL for Google?
Here are important factors to consider when creating a URL .
- Keep it short and descriptive. And make sure it describes the content well.
- Use fewer words/characters if it’s easier to read.
- Use a hyphen (-) to separate words in the URL, and don’t use an underscore…
- Avoid the use of random characters or numbers.
- Ensure the presence of your main keywords in the URL.
- Use lower case letters
- Don’t use punctuation marks or special characters in URL
- Remove superfluous information
Create a 301 redirect for different versions of domain URL
Use 301 redirect to create one version of your domain. For example, www.example.com or example.com to avoid duplicate content. It’s easy to create a 301 redirect using the .htaccess file in your website server.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]