joelle Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 As we all know, the URL structure of a forum topic is important for seo reasons. Therefore I compared the forum topic pagination URL's from the top forum software companies. I noticed that IP.Board pagination URL's are the longest. Which pagination URL's do you think are best for seo purposes? 1. IP.Board example URL http://community.invisionpower.com/forum/298-ipboard/page-2?prune_day=100&sort_by=Z-A&sort_key=last_post&topicfilter=all 2. XF example URL http://xenforo.com/community/forums/installation-upgrade-and-import-support.23/page-2 3. VB example URL https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/47-vBulletin-Pre-sales-Questions/page2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimi Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 :) That's not the topic, that's the forum. Just FYI. You're still right. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelle Posted October 28, 2012 Author Share Posted October 28, 2012 I have added a screenshot to the topic so that the users understand what I am talking about. ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenLinks Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Regarding end user cleaner URL is always better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfa1 Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 There is a lot of room for improvement for IPS urls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Badwool Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 At the end of the day, the only difference is that the other two don't show "parameters" on the "default" view (with ACP setted filters). When filter are activated, URLs lenght are pretty much the same for all 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Regarding end user cleaner URL is always better The vast majority of end users care what's in the browser viewer area, not what's in the address bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenLinks Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 The vast majority of end users care what's in the browser viewer area, not what's in the address bar. Not correct at all. Within my 15 year forum administrator experience , it is pretty clear that cleaner URL has many additional advantages. Users can remember and share pages easily. For a multi page thread , they know what to add on the end of the url etc.. so typing is way easier . You should always remember this : Even the smallest improvement for User Experience is a major improvement for your website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRockRabbit Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 I think page pagination (and much else) will be dealt with in IPS 4.0. See for example Matt's entry 169 via link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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