Re: [tlug] (OT) SEO - human readable url

[Nguyen Vu Hung <vuhung@example.com>]

Hello,
(2010/01/05 15:04), Henri Servomaa wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> It's a bit OT, but as there are exerienced ppl on this list I thought to ask.
>
> Basically, it's about human readable vs cryptic urls for SEO.
> The question is, is this url
>   http://myshop.com/catalogue/products/shoes/boots/camel
>
> going to have better pagerank than
>   http://myshop.com?id=1241394&br=camel&sku=123
>
> if the site contents are identical otherwise?
>    
Yes, URL does matter.

> I'm more interested in Japanese specific info if possible,
I think the general SEO tips for English content websites do apply to 
Japanese website.

> although I wonder if the ranking systems would differ by language/country.
>    
I don't think the language of a web page is an input for page ranking 
algorithm.
However, it seems that the search engines (at least google as far as I 
know) do
look at language priority in browsers.

If you work with a Japanese customer for a Japanese website, probably 
they will
ask you to work on Yahoo! Japan search engine first and the google goes 
second.
For each seach engine, we have to make a slightly different approach.

And you have to think of SEO'ing for keitai, iPhone, PC as well.

Best regards,

Nguyen Vu Hung