====== Create search engine friendly URLs ======
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Pay attention to the following points when you build your URLs:

  * Use the page’s [[keyword|keywords]] in the file name.
  * Use only two or three of the page’s keywords in the filename.
  * Use-dashes-to-separate-single-words-in-the-file-name (not_with_underscores).
  * Make your URLs as short as possible and avoid using any search engine unfriendly characters (e.g. "?&=*#$" or umlauts) in it.
  * Define your [[http://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1235687|URL parameters]], so Google indexes your website correctly.
  * Don’t use too many subfolders in your URL (e.g. http://www.example.com/folder1/subfolder1/subsubfolder1/keyword1-keyword).

====== Helpful Links ======

[[https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/76329|Google Webmaster Help: Keep a simple URL structure]]

[[http://www.bing.com/blogs/site_blogs/b/webmaster/archive/2010/07/15/office-com-seo-search-engine-friendly-urls.aspx|Bing Blogs: Search engine friendly URLs]]