Why is it a bad idea to have a ID in the URL in terms of SEO? How does this URL
http://example.com/user/1234
hurt SEO?
Can someone give me a practical example where search engine rankings are worse?
Why is it a bad idea to have a ID in the URL in terms of SEO? How does this URL
http://example.com/user/1234
hurt SEO?
Can someone give me a practical example where search engine rankings are worse?
See this Do SEO-friendly URLs really affect a page’s ranking? question. Based on the answers, no-one can find any proof that IDs in the URLs has any effect on SEO.