[videoblogging] my blog post links

2008-11-20 Thread quintanomedia
now that I fixed the digg problem. I noticed that most of my links for each post look like this http://www.quintanomedia.com/?p=443 how come it doesnt have the title of my post in the url?

Re: [videoblogging] my blog post links

2008-11-20 Thread Jay dedman
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:25 AM, quintanomedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: now that I fixed the digg problem. I noticed that most of my links for each post look like this http://www.quintanomedia.com/?p=443 how come it doesnt have the title of my post in the url? ah, its a strange mystery why

Re: [videoblogging] my blog post links

2008-11-20 Thread David Terranova
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Re: [videoblogging] my blog post links

2008-11-20 Thread Rupert
You can change it in Settings Permalinks. Personally, I like the post number format. It keeps the URL short, which means I don't need to shorten it to a TinyURL in emails, on this list, or on Twitter. I can't think of many occasions I've found a human readable link useful. Rupert

Re: [videoblogging] my blog post links

2008-11-20 Thread David King
Jay, you're correct - google et al pick up on words - even words in a URL. So for best findability, your URL to say, a blog post, should be very descriptive. David Lee King davidleeking.com - blog davidleeking.com/etc - videoblog twitter | skype: davidleeking On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:25 PM,

Re: [videoblogging] my blog post links

2008-11-20 Thread Jay dedman
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can change it in Settings Permalinks. Personally, I like the post number format. It keeps the URL short, which means I don't need to shorten it to a TinyURL in emails, on this list, or on Twitter. I can't think of many

Re: [videoblogging] my blog post links

2008-11-20 Thread Rupert
Obviously I can't say for sure, but it doesn't seem to make any difference. Google's pretty smart at reading post titles, and the URL doesn't seem to give any extra weight. My posts come at the top for popular phrases even with a short URL. Not sure they could rank any higher, really.