I published my latest article without noticing that its URL has a word repeated twice. Of course I did edit the title but it is the URL that's important, right?
Would it bring down the quality of my article. Should I delete and re-publish the article with a new URL?
I don't think it would make much difference A repeated word would be less noticeable than a contradictory word.
Where did you hear or read that it is the URL that is important? It is my understanding that the title is important, the URL not so much.
I usually change my titles after about a year if they are not having any success getting traffic. The URL, of course, stays the same so I make it very general so that it works either way.
When I first started, I had some very wrong URLs. As far as I can tell it had no effect on traffic.
I've made spelling mistakes in URLs, Sherry. On one, I spelled "poem" as "peom" and on another about women's bathroom use, I misspelled "public" as "pubic." It just occurred to me why I can't seem to get that one on a niche site, lol. I tried at least twice.
It happens to the best of us! If you JUST published and it bothers you, feel free to delete and re-publish—that won't affect traffic, and it'll go through the QAP process the same way.
If it's been published for a while and has seen a steady stream of traffic, it's better not to give that up for a little typo.
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