SEO friendly URL structure should be plain, simple and understandable. It would be more accurate to prefer readable words instead of link links consisting of long numbers.
Do not use Non-ASCII characters on the structure, compose words using English letters, do not use emojis in URLs.
Not recommended URL
https://www.example.com/نعناع
https://www.example.com/杂货/薄荷
https://www.example.com/gemüse
https://www.example.com/🦙✨
Do not use spaces and commas between the words that make up the URL.
Do not use underscores (_) to separate multi-word URLs. Google does not want to use underscores in URLs, but recommends using hyphens (-).
Not Recommended URL
https://juniortoexpert.com/en/url_uniform_resource_locator/
Recommended URL
https://juniortoexpert.com/en/url-uniform-resource-locator/
If more than one word will be used in the URL, do not write these words together, separate them with a hyphen (-).
Not Recommended URL
https://juniortoexpert.com/en/urluniformresourcelocator/
Recommended URL
https://juniortoexpert.com/en/url-uniform-resource-locator/
For Google, it doesn’t matter if there is a file extension at the end of the URLs, Google doesn’t care about file extensions, but it would be better to delete the extensions for a plain and simple look.
The use of hashtags in URLs is generally ignored by search engines, as they are used to send the user to a specific place.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<a href="#click">Buton</a>
<p>Lorem ipsum, dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit.</p>
<p>Lorem ipsum, dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit.</p>
<p>Lorem ipsum, dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit.</p>
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<p id="click">Dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit.</p>
</body>
</html>
URL editing should be performed for multilingual and multi-regional websites.
The following URL structure options are applicable, except for parameterized use, recommended by Google.
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TLD with Specific Country Extensionexample.de |
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Subdomain by Country Namede.example.com |
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Subdirectory by Country Nameexample.com/de/ |
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Parameter by Country Namesite.com/?loc=de |
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