How should I name articles in my site for SEO?

[deronsizemore]

When I start writing articles in my site, how should I name them for SEO purposes? should it be something like www.mysite.com/this-article-is-great, or www.mysite.com/thisarticleisgreat, or www.mysite.com/this_article_is_great?

Or any other variation, or does it even matter?

[Chris]

Use hyphens, but to keep hyphens down do not use the full article title, only the most important 2 or 3 words.

so "article-great" instead of "this-article-is-great"

[deronsizemore]

Hmmm...I'm not exactly sure I know how to do it or if that's possible with textpattern CMS. Because it pulls the "this-article-is-great" from the title of your article. So it might look weird having "article-great" as a title of a post on the site, you know what I mean?

[Johnny Gulag]

Hello

I am not sure about TXP as I have never tested it, but WP allows for the changing of the post slug, maybe TXP does as well?

[deronsizemore]

hmmm, don't know. I'll have to check around at the TXP forums or ask a question there for it. I'm sure it can, but I'm still learning the ins and outs of TXP, so there are LOTS I don't know.

[deronsizemore]

Another question, along the same lines as my first question is the different pages of my site. Like examle with my golf site being www.kentuckygolfing.com/holeinoneclub or www.kentuckygolfing.com/hole-in-one-club the right way? I assume the latter with the dashes since that was the correct way for articles, but just thought I'd ask.

Thanks

[Chris]

Yes.