Jan

2012

A Web Development Basic: How to Write URLs

There are a few web development best practices that apply to writing URLs for your site. These include keeping the URL short and easy to remember, optimising it for SEO and making sure that it is readable for humans and computers. The first step to writing the URLs for your web development is choosing the domain name for your whole site.

The domain name is an incredibly important web development choice, as it is what makes your business distinct from millions of other ones on the internet and is the primary indicator showing what information your site contains, making the choice extremely important for SEO purposes. Domain names need to be short so they are easy for the customer to remember and type in whenever they happen to be looking for your site.

The right domain name choice for your business might seem obvious, but getting the perfect name for your site can cause considerable web development headaches. You might find that your business name has already been bought, making it necessary to think creatively about your domain name options. Try thinking of terms that your customers are most likely to search for to get the best SEO results.

When writing the rest of your URL you need to consider the intelligibility of your web development carefully. Avoid using combinations of zero and the letter 'O' as your customers will quickly become confused as to the proper spelling of your URL and be unable to find your site. Similarly, any capitalisation, special characters, or extended number sequences should be avoided.

Posted by: Deepak Sachdeva