Best way to setup URL?

rebel.man

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I was just wondering what the best way to setup my url would be. Lets say I'm writing a tutorial site on cabinet installation. Which of the following URL's would be the best for SEO?

Lets say my keyword is "install cabinet ashford" where "ashford is just the brand of cabinet that I would be targeting. However I may have tutorials on other cabinet makers

domain/tutorials/cabinet/install-ashford
domain/tutorials/install-cabinet-ashford
domian/tutorials/ashford/install-cabinet

Is it better to go straight from the domain?

domain/install-cabinet-ashford
domain/ashford/install-cabinet
 
I'd go: domain/ashford/install-cabinet

aslong as: domain/ashford/ is a page and contains general ashford information. This way this page can link off to other ashford things like:

domain/ashford/buying-cabinets
domain/ashford/selling-cabinets
domain/ashford/blah-cabinets

Personal preference and very content dependent. Think ahead to where the site might expand before you decide on your url structure or you may find ourself 301ing old URL's when your site expands and the structure isn't suitable anymore. And this will lose a little bit of rank and be alot of effort.
 
Ya, thats my biggest concern. I've been doing some testing some SEO stuff and realized I want to change the structure moving forward, so now I'm going to have to redirect old URL's. It's not a big deal, only a few articles, but want to make sure moving forward things are properly set.

I think that's a good idea. Also I'm assuming have two url's on your site point to the same page is a bad idea. In cases like /domain/ashford, I used to just default them to the first tutorial, so for domain/ashford/buying-cabinets for instance.

I'll put up a landing page/table of contents from now on.

Thanks!
 
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