April 20, 2009 | category: If you’ve linked directly to a specific article in this blog from the past, they have been changed to search-engine-friendly ones.
Just two minutes ago I’ve finished updating the permalink structure on my blog. This is the only and last time I will ever be changing the permalink structure.
For a quick guide on permalinking straight from WordPress’s Codex go here.
Most people, when constructing the “pretty permalinks” use the “%category%” and “%postname%” fields respectively for effective SEO. On the Worpress Codex and other SEO blogs, they advise against starting any permalink with the “%category%”, “%postname%”, “%tag%”, or “%author%” fields. Why is this so? In general it adds unnecessary clutter to the database powering your blog and slows down queries to the information being called. It’s explained in better detail on Doug Cambell’s blog here. You can read it through and decide for yourself how you want to structure your posts. What’s important is knowing your options and finding the best solution to serve the needs of your blog.