Is a short URL path stronger than a long one for an eshop?
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Hello Moz Fans !
I'm building an eshop website and reviewing a few competitors website I found something interesting on which I don't have the full answer.
Will it be better for me to organize the products in sub folder or in the root folder (option 1 or option 2)
_Competitor link _shop.com/en/2628-buy-key-origin-the-sims-4-seasons/
Option 1 - Normal organization
_+ _We can add relevant KW in /products/
- product url will be one folder deep more
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home/
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home/category/ (category page)
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home/category/subcategory1
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home/category/subcategory2
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home/products (this page does not exist really)
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home/products/product1
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home/products/product2
Option 2 - less folders
_+ _We can add all KW in the link directly
- it may be less organize for Google
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home/
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home/category/ (category page)
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home/category/subcategory1
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home/category/subcategory2
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home/product1 (all product in the direct folders)
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home/product2
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Hello!
For product URLs I would go with the "flat" structure and just do shop.com/product-name (Option 2)
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