# URL Changes for Topic Pages

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-changes-for-topic-pages/145228
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** seo
**Created:** [March 23, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-changes-for-topic-pages/145228 "2020-03-23T14:09:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![jUCL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@jUCL](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jUCL)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-changes-for-topic-pages/145228/1 "2020-03-23T14:09:58Z")

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Can topic page URLs be changes so that they include the name of the category they are in? We are trying to improve the SEO value of the site.

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-changes-for-topic-pages/145228/2 "2020-03-23T17:06:35Z")

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Have you looked at your site with javascript turned off? The category is included in the `<title>` tag:

```plaintext
<html lang="en-US" class="desktop-view not-mobile-device text-size-normal anon">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>URL Changes for Topic Pages - support - Discourse Meta</title>
    <meta name="description" content="Can topic page URLs be changes so that they include the name of the category they are in? We are trying to improve the SEO value of the site.">
    <meta name="discourse_theme_ids" content="28">
    <meta name="discourse_current_homepage" content="latest">
    <meta name="generator" content="Discourse 2.5.0.beta2 - https://github.com/discourse/discourse version e58f0adfcc963305fb16d6c796f51ccfcbe58e00">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/optimized/3X/b/3/b33be9538df3547fcf9d1a51a4637d77392ac6f9_2_32x32.png">

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2024, 6:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-changes-for-topic-pages/145228/3 "2024-03-25T06:10:27Z")

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