Loading …I’m thinking of changing my permalinks. It is currently using the default format;which is /%post_id%/ , resulting my links looks like http://willchua.com/?p=3. It looks kinda boring and with no useful information.
Therefore I did some checking with our Malaysian bloggers and I found out that most of the bloggers like Liewcf are using format “archives/year/monthnum/day/postname/” for http://www.liewcf.com/blog/ and as for 5xmom, she is using “/year/monthnum/day/postname/” for http://www.chanlilian.net/ but using format “/postname/” for her http://www.5xmom.com/.
I did a bit of reading and many recommends the use of format “/category/postname/” or “/postname/”. Some recommended using “/category/post_id/postname/” or “/post_id/postname/” to avoid confusion between blog post that have same title.
Some would also recommend closing the links with .html or .htm; for example: “/postname.html” or “/postname.htm”
What format of permalinks are you using?
March 19th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
For me, any permalink with postname in the URL is fine. I think it helps search engine crawlers to fully crawl through your site.
March 20th, 2008 at 8:40 am
I use this format:
/monthnum/day/postname/
I take out the year. Thought of using just postname but then I have posts titles which are same so it might be confusing. I agree with decypher, whatever format of URL u chose, make sure it has the postname
March 20th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Ok. Point taken. Postname is a must.