Titles and Slugs for Blog Posts
September 12, 2007 ·
The title of each post you write on your blog is not just something catchy which appears above your content! It is very important when it comes to search engine ranking and blog searchability.
What is a Post Slug?
Whatever title you type for a new post on your blog, is automatically translated into a Post Slug. For example:
Post Title = Titles and Slugs for Blog Posts
Post Slug = titles-and-slugs-for-blog-posts
The post slug is then added onto the end of your blog address when visitors are veiwing that particlular post. The webpage address (url) for this post is therefore http://nzwebsites.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/titles-and-slugs-for-blog-posts/
For this reason, naming your posts using keywords and keyword-rich phrases makes it much more likely that your blog will be listed on search engine results for searches by your target markets.
How to change your post slug
You can change your slug to something different to your post title as long as you have no spaces and include dashes between words. If you are not sure where to find the post slug field when writing a new post, click on the image on left to see a screenshot.
NOTE: This diagram illustrates how to use a WordPress blog only.
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