Help ! - optimized URL question

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cx3571

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Hi Everybody

Suppose you have a domain with "concert" in it (let's say for instance concert99.com) and you want to rank high with concert new-york, concert chicago, concert los angeles, and so on....

How should be the URLs ?

Like this ?

www.concert99.com/concert-new-york/
www.concert99.com/concert-chicago/
www.concert99.com/concert-los-angeles/

OR

www.concert99.com/new-york/
www.concert99.com/chicago/
www.concert99.com/los-angeles/

since the keyword concert is already within the domain name ?

Is it better to have a longer keyword with concert + city together or a shorter URL with the city after the domain only ?

Thank you in advance for your help!!

Cheers

C.

 

Akinyande ayo

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you don't need to have it in URL again but you can include it in title and limit the URL structure to 50 characters. my thought!

 

Motorhead

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I prefer the last one.
Because the keyword is already on your domain, then you dont need to repeat it.
Nowdays, Google does not weight url too much. IMO

 

aidenhera

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This is so unhandy. having main kw in domain imo is just not advised. i faced strong overoptimization penalties on multiple pages. Dont put any kw that you will try to rank in domain name.

or later you will have "concert99.com/concerts-in-usa/marilyn-manson-concert







BUT
if you already cant change the domain

then go for concert99.com/the-best-concert-in-usa

(benefit from exact match in url is just too big to lose it)

 

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Thank you guys!!

 

Nargil

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Don't use full keywords in URL, Penguin will slap you for that. It screws densities and looks like crap and leads to overoptimization.

 

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Thanks a lot!

 

Initial Effort

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OP, try to avoid repeating keywords that are unnecessary in your URL. It is a bad idea. Be wary of over-optimization and keyword stuffing.