URLs are a significant part of any content experience. New features like Customized URL Paths (CUPs) and Redirect Rules have put all of your Hub URLs fully in your control.
In this presentation, Uberflip’s Director of Customer Success, Sam Brennand, shares how you can optimize your Uberflip URLs to improve your content experiences.
Local SEO Domination: Put your business at the forefront of local searches!
How to Improve Your Content Experience With CUPs and Redirect Rules
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Content
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CUPs
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Rules
Sam
Brennand
Director
of
Customer
Success
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SEO
URLs
play
a
big
role
in
optimizing
• URLs
that
are
easier
for
humans
to
understand
are
also
easier
for
search
engines
to
understand
• Using
keywords
in
your
URLs
is
still
an
important
ranking
factor
• Shorter
URLs
>
Longer
URLs
content
for
search
engines.
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“..the
easier
a
URL
is
to
read
for
humans,
the
better
it
is
for
search
engines.”
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Source:
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“Stop
optimizing
for
robots,
start
optimizing
for
humans.”
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Experience
URLs
are
a
major
component
of
• Clean
URLs
create
a
better
user
experience
by
building
trust
with
your
audience
(and
making
navigation
easy)
• URLs
also
help
to
facilitate
the
movement
of
visitors
around
your
content
experiences
(with
301
or
302
redirects,
for
example)
a
Hub’s
overall
user
experience.
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Customizable
URL
Paths
NEW!
(CUPs)
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Recap:
CUPs
Best
practices
for
your
Hub
• Keep
your
URLs
as
short as
you
can
(while
still
paying
close
attention
to
the
over
user
experience)
• Use
keywords where
they’ll
make
sense
to
the
humans
viewing
your
URLs
• Try
your
best
not
to
continually
update
your
Hub’s
URLs!
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Redirect
Rules
NEW!
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Recap:
Redirect
Rules
Maintain
a
great
Hub
experience
• Fix
all
URLs
that
404
(get
an
error)
by
creating
a
Redirect
Rules
• Use
Redirect
Rules
to
ensure
a
smooth
transition
as
you
update
your
Hub
• Add
parameters
to
redirecting
URLs
• Create
print-‐friendly
URLs
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