?q= in URLs?

[w1ll]

Hello there.

I've been developing a blog from scratch for the past 5 months (almost done ). I haven't had the time to make SEO-friendly URLs tho, and here's what they look like right now:

For articles:

mywebsite.com/post/?q=this-is-the-post-name

Main page, at page 2 (the "p" variable doesn't appears on page 1):

mywebsite.com/?p=2

I also have this one, for tags (I mainly implemented this feature for the page inflation factor/backlinks)

mywebsite.com/tag/?q=Adventure

My question is:
Wont Google prefer URLs like "mywebsite.com/post/this-is-the-post-name"? I heard somewhere variables in URLs could impact my website negatively.

What do you think? Should I go for it?
Thanks yall

 

[Deleted member 923340]

If I were you I would "noindex" tags-pages.

And for articles, use one of the followings.

1. website.com/post-name
2. website.com/blog/post-name

 

[w1ll]

And for articles, use one of the followings.

website.com/post-name
website.com/blog/post-name

Thanks for the quick reply! But why is it better to do so?

 

[Deleted member 923340]

But why is it better to do so?

https://backlinko.com/hub/seo/urls

there you go.

 

[w1ll]

https://backlinko.com/hub/seo/urls

there you go.

Thanks alot mate!

 

[w1ll]

If I were you I would "noindex" tags-pages.

Does that means I shouldn't include tags in my sitemap?

 

[lbhbochc]

I'm real drunk right now. Remind me to answer tomorrow.

 

[w1ll]

I'm real drunk right now. Remind me to answer tomorrow.

Uhm.. Wrong thread? Im a little confused
Will remind you tomorrow then, I guess? Have fun.

 

[Lamuks]

Does that means I shouldn't include tags in my sitemap?

It makes repetitive content, I don't know if it is good or bad though.

 

[pixelloop]

It shouldn't be much of an issue with modern search engines, they know ? is a variable and not the actual permalink itself. Are you seeing them in GSC?