?q= in URLs?

w1ll

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• Jun 18, 2019

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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:

Code:

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

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

Code:

mywebsite.com/?p=2

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

Code:

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

 

D

Deleted member 923340

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• Jun 18, 2019

• #2

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

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Deleted member 923340 said:

And for articles, use one of the followings.

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

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

 

D

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• Jun 18, 2019

• #4

w1ll said:

But why is it better to do so?

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

there you go.

 

w1ll

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Deleted member 923340 said:

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

there you go.

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Thanks alot mate!

 

w1ll

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Deleted member 923340 said:

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

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

 

lbhbochc

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

 

w1ll

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lbhbochc said:

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

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

 

Lamuks

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• Jun 19, 2019

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w1ll said:

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

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

 

pixelloop

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• Jun 29, 2019

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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?