# Rewriting categories URL; Will it make future problems?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/rewriting-categories-url-will-it-make-future-problems/29160>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [23 Mayo, 2015 03:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rewriting-categories-url-will-it-make-future-problems/29160 "2015-05-23T03:54:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![purldator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)\
**Post date:** [25 Mayo, 2015 22:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rewriting-categories-url-will-it-make-future-problems/29160/4 "2015-05-25T22:14:43Z")

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You mean SEO? Compared to other forum software, Discourse does a good job with following proper SEO url practices out-the-box. It looks like you’re trying to make the url shorter but in the end, google’s algorithms look for the following:

1. Original Content.
2. Trust & Identity.
3. Authority of the site’s subject.
4. Visitor receptivity (low bounce rate; links elsewhere that point to your site, ect.)

[You should be “worried” more about the content on your pages than the technical semantics.](http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/12/11/seo-the-inconvenient-truth/)

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