How to edit Wordpress Permalink structure
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It’s really easy to edit the default WordPress permalink structure and it’s very important to do that. You don want your links look like http://furlongdesign.com/?p=123 or http://furlongdesign.com/archives/123. Only chose this structure if your aim is to have the shortest possible link and you do not mind your website’s search engine ranking.
For the rest of us, it’s really reasonable to optimize the default WordPress permalink structure. It will help you rank higher on google because meaningful permalink structure is readable by the search robots.
This post that you are reading most likely be picked up by the search engines because the permalink will be http://furlongdesign.com/2010/09/29/how-to-edit-wo…link-structure/ which will tell crawlers that there is something about “WordPress permalink” keyword. So you want to do this if you consider SEO.
Now the way you do it is simple:
Log in to your WordPress admin panel
Click on Settings
Click on Permalinks
Chose an option.
Save changes
I highly recommend the “Day and name” and “Month and name” options which will give you the best SEO results.
For the rest of us, it’s really reasonable to optimize the default WordPress permalink structure. It will help you rank higher on google because meaningful permalink structure is readable by the search robots.
This post that you are reading most likely be picked up by the search engines because the permalink will be http://furlongdesign.com/2010/09/29/how-to-edit-wo…link-structure/ which will tell crawlers that there is something about “WordPress permalink” keyword. So you want to do this if you consider SEO.
Now the way you do it is simple:
Log in to your WordPress admin panel
Click on Settings
Click on Permalinks
Chose an option.
Save changes
I highly recommend the “Day and name” and “Month and name” options which will give you the best SEO results.
