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  • tical
    Confirmed User
    • Feb 2002
    • 6504
    #1

    Another question for SE folks...

    So I'm trying a little personal project and the pages I'm making are going to be translated into a few different languages.

    My question is...

    is it better to link them like

    http://www.somesite.com/en/whatever-page.html

    or

    http://www.somesite.com/whatever-page-en.html

    or

    http://www.somesite.com/whatever-page.html?lang=en


    is this type of stuff significant enough to worry about?
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    • mona
      Registered User
      • Feb 2008
      • 1940
      #2
      http://www.somesite.com/whatever-page-en.html

      The less dashes/folders/what's separating those words, the better...Also, the less "dynamic" looking, the better. So, I vote number 2 :-)

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        • Nicky
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Mar 2003
          • 30071
          #3
          I'd go with: somesite.com/en/index.html

          gfynicky @ gmail.com

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            • tical
              Confirmed User
              • Feb 2002
              • 6504
              #4
              ok, good thing i havent laid anything out just yet hehe

              i'll wait for a few more responses

              thanks guys
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                • Deej
                  I make pixels work
                  • Jun 2005
                  • 24386
                  #5
                  defnitely stay away from question marks if your going for SEO

                  less dashes are better, but if youre rocking multiple word domains... never leave them spaceless...


                  domain.com/en/this-page-rocks.html - good

                  domain.com/en/thispagerocks.html - bad

                  Deej's Designs n' What Not
                  Hit me up for Design, CSS & Photo Retouching


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                    • mona
                      Registered User
                      • Feb 2008
                      • 1940
                      #6
                      Lumpy, I want to add your site to the web design resource section on klixxx.com, but your url is a no go

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                        • Deej
                          I make pixels work
                          • Jun 2005
                          • 24386
                          #7
                          Originally posted by mona_klixxx
                          Lumpy, I want to add your site to the web design resource section on klixxx.com, but your url is a no go
                          i know, im actually dealing with my host as we speak... well, waiting on them

                          its gone down twice today...


                          should be anytime...

                          thank you for your attention
                          Last edited by Deej; 06-30-2008, 06:52 PM.

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                            • tical
                              Confirmed User
                              • Feb 2002
                              • 6504
                              #8
                              okay what abou

                              http://www.domain.com/en/this-page-rocks/ (directory)

                              or

                              http://www.domain.com/en/this-page-rocks.html
                              112.020.756

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                                • Vick!
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Nov 2005
                                  • 6882
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by tical
                                  okay what abou

                                  http://www.domain.com/en/this-page-rocks/ (directory)

                                  or

                                  http://www.domain.com/en/this-page-rocks.html
                                  I was just to post this. Use directories, its easier when you want to switch between development technologies in future, you do not loose PR, ranking etc.

                                  I'll go for the first option, you cannot make anything better than this when it comes to SEO.

                                  you was answered in detail on this, here.
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                                    • WiredGuy
                                      Pounding Googlebot
                                      • Aug 2002
                                      • 34512
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by tical
                                      http://www.somesite.com/en/whatever-page.html
                                      http://www.somesite.com/whatever-page-en.html
                                      http://www.somesite.com/whatever-page.html?lang=en
                                      Avoid #3 like the plague

                                      #2 is good for sites that don't have too many pages (I'd say 100 or less pages).
                                      #1 is good for larger sites so you can add structure to the links (layers the pages by importance, the higher in the architecture, the more important it is).

                                      WG
                                      I play with Google.

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                                        • tical
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Feb 2002
                                          • 6504
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by WiredGuy
                                          Avoid #3 like the plague

                                          #2 is good for sites that don't have too many pages (I'd say 100 or less pages).
                                          #1 is good for larger sites so you can add structure to the links (layers the pages by importance, the higher in the architecture, the more important it is).

                                          WG
                                          i think i follow

                                          www.domain.com/vagina

                                          is obviously more important (as a whole) than

                                          www.domain.com/vagina/labia/roast-beef

                                          hehehe

                                          thanks guys
                                          112.020.756

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                                            • tical
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Feb 2002
                                              • 6504
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by Vick!
                                              I was just to post this. Use directories, its easier when you want to switch between development technologies in future, you do not loose PR, ranking etc.

                                              I'll go for the first option, you cannot make anything better than this when it comes to SEO.

                                              you was answered in detail on this, here.
                                              son of a....

                                              thanks Vick! sorry i completely forgot about that thread...
                                              112.020.756

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                                                • Vick!
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Nov 2005
                                                  • 6882
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by tical
                                                  son of a....

                                                  thanks Vick! sorry i completely forgot about that thread...
                                                  np bud .. good luck
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