The Best WordPress Permalink Structure Which One

The Best WordPress Permalink Structure Which One Make Money Online Queries? Struggling To Get Traffic To Your Blog? Sign Up On (HBB) Forum Now!The Best WordPress Permalink Structure: Which One?Updated On 30/01/2016Author : Pradeep KumarTopic : WordPressShort URL : http://hbb.me/1m20Smu CONNECT WITH HBB ON SOCIAL MEDIA Follow @HellBoundBlogFew days back we discussed WordPress permalink on our HBB FB Group and I was really amazed by some answers, I just thought of sharing my views here as a blog post to the most debated question Which is the best WordPress permalink structure?. Do I know the answer? Well, lets find out.Note: Before going further I would like to tell, if you are already running a quality/authority blog with good content, then its okay to proceed with the current permalink itself, changing your WordPress permalink will be very hectic, lots of redirections and stuff, so take action accordingly.Best WordPress Permalink StructureTo see these options, you can migrate to Settings > Permalinks.1. Plain: /?p=123Here 123 is the post ID. This is the default WordPress permalink. This is the one your blog gets when you first install WordPress on it. And do you know what WordPress calls this permalink as? Ugly.When Should I Use It? NEVER.2. Day and Name: /2016/01/28/sample-post/Okay so, this permalink is a bit detailed showing the year, month and day. If you are running a newspaper sort of blog, then this is something that manages to tell when this particular news was published. The sample-post slug is something like the keywords relating to your article/post, or the post name.When Should I Use It? I wouldnt really recommend this as well mate, unless you are too keen.Demo link? I would say Mashable.http://mashable.com/2016/01/28/fb-live-video/3. Month and Name: /2016/01/sample-post/Now here, we ditched the day tag and going with month and name. This also looks pretty organized I would say, this is the default permalink for Googles Blogger.com (.blogspot) platform as well. I have seen plenty of blogs going for this format, especially tech blogs and other news blogs.When Should I Use It? Feel free to go ahead with this if you are planning to launch a tech blog or any news type of blog. I somehow feel this looks professional as well.Demo link? I would say YourStory.http://yourstory.com/2016/01/startups-digital-marketing/4. Numeric: /archvies/123I have rarely (or never?) seen any blogs having this kind of permalink setting for their blog posts. Post ID is okay but for both SEO and Non-SEO purpose, its always good to keep the post-name in the post permalink. Its the easiest way to convey people and Google that this article is about this particular topic.When Should I Use It? NEVER.5. Post Name: /sample-post/So finally, we are here with the most debated WordPress permalink structure. The only reason I would skip this is because I always feel there should be a fundamental difference between a post permalink and a page permalink, but alas. Apart from that, I also believe that this is an SEO -Friendly permalink structure.When Should I Use It? When you are running a Tips Tricks blog. Or maybe something like, an evergreen content blog. But for a News blog? Im not sure.Demo link? I would say Backlinko.http://backlinko.com/search-engine-ranking6. Custom StrutureHere we can experiment with all the permalink structure tags; you can keep post name, category, tag, year, month, etc. I have seen most of the popular blogs using the category tag in between the domain name and post name. Its also good when you want to keep your permalink organized and at the same time, you shouldnt be changing your categories often, which will surely mess up the whole structure.READ8 WordPress Plugins That Will Power Up Your BlogDemo link? I would say Business.com.http://www.business.com/seo-marketing/how-to-master-local-seo-in-2016/Permalinks Used By Other Popular BlogsYou can be as creative and as comfortable as you like when it comes to permalinks, Im sure Google focuses majorly on the content t o rank the blogs and not the permalink structure, so feel free to pick the right one. These are some of the interesting permalinks picked by other popular blogs.ShoutMeLoud: http://www.shoutmeloud.com/generate-wordpress-sitemap-jetpack.htmlGizmo Times: http://www.gizmotimes.com/news/google-amp-project-speed-up-mobile-web/4258The Verge: http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/9/5598892/wordpress-owner-automattic-buys-longreadsAs you can see, all these blogs are popular regardless how different their permalinks are, so focus on the content and forget the rest.Okay, So Which Permalink HBB Is Using?Thank God* someone asked this question. Im a complicated blogger, and I have like changed the permalinks 5 or 6 links during our Blogging Journey. And I regret that. As they say, Mind is a Monkey, I just got uncomfortable with each and every Permalink I picked, but at the end, I realised there is no secret ingredient for this.This is our permalink structure:https://hellboundbloggers.com/2016/01/increa se-website-traffic-with-whatsapp-simple-tips-63367/HBB is a community for Social Media, SEO, Blogging, Internet Marketing, Startups and much more. At first, I wanted to have HBB as a News kind of blog and I opted for the Post ID tag (which was pretty important for Google News), but later Google didnt bother much about this. Still, we are happy with the way the permalinks look, the more we focus on quality content, the more we can reach the masses, thats it.Permalinks For Categories Tags?!See, by default the WordPress category URL will be like /category/ and the WordPress tag URL will be like /tag/, but we can tweak that part and make it according to what you like. If you are running a Food recipes blog, then you can replace the category or the tag with the keyword recipes, which kind of makes more sense. This is our Category and Tag permalink:For Category: https://hellboundbloggers.com/topics/wordpress/For Tag: https://hellboundbloggers.com/info/internet-marketing/Last But Not Leas t, Keeping Year in Permalink?!This is another debated question concerning WordPress permalinks, to keep the Year or not. If you see, on HBB we published quality and detailed articles on 2009, 2010, etc., like few years back itself, and we try our best to keep them updated with latest tips/tricks. But the permalink will still have 2009 on it, so some people (very less) think that, oh, its like an article published on 2009, so the tips are outdated, lets move on to other posts. This is something which bothers Bloggers these days, but to be honest, this is no longer a big issue.For Google SERP results, we can keep it by adding Last Updated feature on our blog posts, so that it shows the time when the blog post was last updated and not first published, which actually makes a huge difference.GOOD CONTENT BRANDING ARE THE TRUE KEYS TO YOUR BLOGS GROWTH:7 Essential Tips To Produce Branded Quality Content On Your BlogHope you understand whats behind the best WordPress permalink structure g ame. So, which permalink structure you are using for your WordPress blog? Do share the format on the comments below, it should be interesting to see how people decide for their blogs.