what permalink structure is best on wordpress

[karlm]

Whats the best permalink structure to use in wordpress>?

[Sosa]

i prefer to just use my postname

[Unlimited]

same here

[Supz]

i prefer to just use my postname

the same

custom /%postname%/


ps. is gfy running really slow for everyone today?

[uno]

I prefer category/postname

[StarkReality]

Another vote for /%postname%/

The reason is simple: The deeper your directory structure, the longer it takes to get the site fully crawled and the more likely you are producing duplicate content. Yes, there are plugins to avoid duplicates (noindex on category and archive pages, etc.), but I like short and clean URLs anyway.

[mynameisjim]

I go with postname only.

[Adult Creative Labs]

category/postname

[fris]

postname or category postname