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  Daily Search Forum Recap: September 8, 2009

  Posted: September 8th, 2009, 11:00pm CEST by rustybrick

  Tags:  Search Forum Recap  

  Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.

  
  

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  75% of SEOs Feel Google Loves Keywords in the URL

  Posted: September 8th, 2009, 3:50pm CEST by rustybrick

  Tags:  Google Optimization  

  About ten days ago, we asked our readers "Right Now, How Much is Google Loving Keywords in URL?" We have about a 185 responses in and I wanted to share the results. Overall, about 75% of the responses said that Google does love those keywords in the URL.

  Let me give you the break down:

  Question: Right Now, How Much is Google Loving Keywords in URL?

  :: Lots Of Love said 97 respondents or 52%
  :: Completely Loves Them said 41 respondents or 22%
  :: No Change In Past Year said 36 respondents or 19%
  :: Doesn't Hate Them said 6 respondents or 3%
  :: Other answer... said 3 respondents or 2%
  :: Hates Them said 2 respondents or 1%

  The other responses were:

  Yes but only for TLD's like com and net

  don't know

  loves in domain

  Forum discussion continued at WebmasterWorld.