My URLs are a mess!
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Hi all,
I am having some SEO done on my website and I have been asked to tidy up my URLs. They show the word 'brand' or 'item' and an ID number in every one.
http://www.societyboardshop.co.uk/brand/Girl-Skateboards/153/
My developer says that we cannot remove these words as they 'form part of a routing table' for each url.
How do I fix these URLs?
Many thanks in advance.
Paul.
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You would need to rewrite the urls in the .htaccess file.
Note down the how you would like the urls to look and give it to your developer who should know how to rewrite urls.
I personally think the first url is ok, but the second needs work.
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