SEO Friendly URls

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WHAT?
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ugly URL - www.example.com/?56744
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pretty URL - www.example.com/abc/xyz.html
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URL structure should be-
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Straight forward-
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no confusing redirects on the site, etc.
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Meaningful-
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use keywords, not numbers and punctuation marks.
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With an emphasis an right URLs-
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check whether the pages accessible to search engines are actually open for crawling and indexing.
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WHY?
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A structured hierarchy of the URLs is preferred by the Bots, thus making it easier to crawl pages of a website.
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New pages with optimized URL structure will be indexed faster by Google.
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It makes it easier for others to promote & share your website on social networks.
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Visitors and potential prefer to see optimized URL rather than absolute and relative URLs.