====== URL ======

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===== Definition =====

The **URL** (**U**niform **R**esource **L**ocator) is the address of a [[website]] or [[web page]] as it's displayed in the browser's address bar. The URL of a website consists of the [[domain]], the [[TLD]], the name of the folders on the server and the file name of the [[HTML]] document.

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===== Importance for SEO =====

When a user visits a website, the URL can contain either a number of characters without any meaning, or - if the webmaster invested a little time and thought in the website - clear names without a lot of numbers and special characters.

Single words should be separated by hyphens.