Suggest an editImprove this articleRefine the answer for “What should an ideal URL look like?”. Your changes go to moderation before they’re published.Approval requiredContentWhat you’re changing🇺🇸EN🇺🇦UAPreviewTitle (EN)Short answer (EN)An **ideal URL** is not just a "nice-looking" page address, it is an address that is short, human-readable, contains the keyword, and has no unnecessary clutter. **Key point:** separators in a URL are hyphens, and Google and other search engines read `kak-sozdat-site`, but not `kak_sozdat_site`.Shown above the full answer for quick recall.Answer (EN)ImageAn **ideal URL** is not just a "nice-looking" page address. It is an address that is simultaneously: --- ### 1. **Short** - No unnecessary words, parameters, dates, or symbols. - `site.com/optymizatsiya-url` - yes. - `site.com/2023/11/seo-friendly-url-optymizatsiya-i-rekomendatsiyi-dlya-prosuvannya` - no. --- ### 2. **Human-readable** - Reflects the essence of the page: it reads without decoding. - No technical clutter (`?id=1256` or `index.php?page=2`). --- ### 3. **Contains the keyword** - Uses the phrase people search for: `site.com/kak-sozdat-blog` is better than `site.com/blog123`. --- ### 4. **Separators are hyphens** - Google and other search engines read `kak-sozdat-site`, but not `kak_sozdat_site`. --- ### 5. **No repetition** - Does not duplicate the site name or section names: `site.com/blog/kak-sozdat-blog` is redundant. --- ### 6. **No transliteration, if there is an alternative** - `site.com/zavantazhennya-faylu` is worse than `site.com/upload` if the site is in English. And vice versa: it is better to write in the language of the content. ---For the reviewerNote to the moderator (optional)Visible only to the moderator. Helps review go faster.