URL keywords

**pintofmilk** · 05-01-09

Posting this in here as well as SEO forum as I am ready to launch this site apart from this one issue... please help!!

I am just about to launch a new version of a site and am going to change the URL structure. The 301 redirects are in place from old URLs to new, I have a question related to keywords in the URL though...

I was going to have region based URLs (country, region, city) all operating under the 'place' keyword, i.e.
domain.com/place/Edinburgh-hotels-5677.html

But nobody is going to search for the word 'place' so its a wasted word. Instead I am thinking of using a keyword that people search for, e.g.
domain.com/book/Edinburgh-hotels-5677.html
domain.com/find/Edinburgh-hotels-5677.html
domain.com/reserve/Edinburgh-hotels-5677.html

Could this be bad in anyway? Maybe SEs consider it spamming...?

Thanks
Ben

**kcheung** · 05-01-09

I would have thought this was a good thing in SEO as its more relevent and concise. But I'm no real expert at SEO.

**fizzbird** · 05-01-09

I think it's OK but what's the -5677 in aid of?

**pintofmilk** · 05-01-09

It's the ID for Edinburgh...

**axeray** · 06-01-09

To be honest it looks good to me and I do a bit of work as an SEO.

**pintofmilk** · 08-01-09

Quick bump to see if anyone can think of anything negative against the URLs being like this???
domain.com/book/Edinburgh-hotels-5677.html

Thanks
Ben

**PriceInspector** · 08-01-09

nothing negative looks good to me.

**mike_01** · 08-01-09

Originally Posted by pintofmilk

Quick bump to see if anyone can think of anything negative against the URLs being like this???
domain.com/book/Edinburgh-hotels-5677.html

Thanks
Ben

I dont really find anything wrong in using a keyword that may cause problems with SEO or rankings. I think you should rather use it to make sure that you have covered a sub keyword that may go well with the primary keyword.