Should I rewrite all my URLs ?
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Hi all,
I'm pretty new here and this is a question I'm struggling with since years !
All my URLs are very long. Years ago I wanted to put as many keywords as possible but today I'm not sure anymore it was such a good idea.
Example:
The problem is I have more than 300K of these pages. I'm afraid to create a huge mess even if I 301 them all to the new pages.
What's your opinion ? Is it worth the effort ?
Many thanks in advance for your precious help !
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In SEO we have a saying "If it ain't broken, don't fix it!"
As long as everything is fine with your ranking and trafic, you should not worry too much about those long URLs
I think it is not worth the effort
However, you should probably make sure new content is given shorter urls
Best of luck!
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