What is a URL Slug?
A URL slug is the part of a URL that identifies a specific page in a human-readable form. For example, in https://example.com/blog/my-first-post, the slug is my-first-post.
Best Practices for URL Slugs
- Use lowercase letters only
- Separate words with hyphens, not underscores or spaces
- Remove stop words (a, the, in, of) if very long
- Keep slugs concise โ ideally under 60 characters
- Include target keywords naturally
- Avoid special characters, numbers only when meaningful