Does the URL change if I change the title?

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   How to - Answersposted 4 years ago

   Once you have published the article the url stays the same.  .

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      Miebakagh57posted 4 years agoin reply to this

      It seems then to change the url, you've got to delete that article and re-write it. But wait for 24 hours after deleting it for it to be completely remove on the network.

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         TessSchlesingerposted 4 years agoin reply to this

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            Miebakagh57posted 4 years agoin reply to this

            You're welcome.

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   Kenna McHughposted 4 years ago

   Why do you want to change the URL?

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      TessSchlesingerposted 4 years agoin reply to this

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         Glenn Stokposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         For future reference, now that you know this, it’s a good idea to change the url to something that doesn’t include specifics that may change later in the title.
         
         I always remove keywords from the url that are not evergreen, but that I have in the first title.
         
         You can only specify a different url before you go past the first setup page when starting a new hub.

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            TessSchlesingerposted 4 years agoin reply to this

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               Marisa Writesposted 4 years agoin reply to this

               The problem with deleting and starting again is that if that Hub had built a reputation with Google, you will lose all that advantage. 
               
               My understanding is that the URL is far less important now than it used to be.  The average reader never even looks at the URL, they look at the title - and so does Google.  It may offend your sense of order but it's not that critical any more.

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                  NateB11posted 4 years agoin reply to this

                  I was thinking of saying this too, and it is also my understanding; that the url is not that important. It seems what Google looks at is the actual title.

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                  TessSchlesingerposted 4 years agoin reply to this

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                     Marisa Writesposted 4 years agoin reply to this

                     Of course, every little bit of help you can get with SEO is useful.   Having an "exact match" URL used to convey a massive SEO advantage but not so much now.
                     
                     in 2020, Moz says, "While using a URL that includes keywords can improve your site's search visibility, URLs themselves generally do not have a major impact on a page’s ability to rank."

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                        TessSchlesingerposted 4 years agoin reply to this

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                           Marisa Writesposted 4 years agoin reply to this

                           I would say, if you are going to keep it on HubPages, then don't delete it - just change the title and bring it up to date.  However the other option is to delete it and write the updated version on another site. Would it be suitable for Medium?

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                              TessSchlesingerposted 4 years agoin reply to this

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                                 Glenn Stokposted 4 years agoin reply to this

                                 Tess, When you remove a story form the paywall on Medium, you no longer earn from the read time (as you know), but it still is limited to three articles per month for readers who do not pay. The only solution is to post the "friend link" in social media.
                                 
                                 You're right about the URL, just like with HubPages, you can change it to be more generic before you publish.
                                 
                                 By the way, I also had a story go viral with Google and of course I didn't earn much because organic readers are not members.
                                 
                                 However, we get paid retroactively for their read time if they subscribe within 30 days. I saw some income from that already—the stats showed external traffic and no internal traffic on certain days that I got paid anyway. So that had to be organic retroactive signups. I talked about that in one of my Medium tutorials.

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                                    TessSchlesingerposted 4 years agoin reply to this

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                                       Glenn Stokposted 4 years agoin reply to this

                                       Hi Tess,  It's 3 reads per month, not 5. As for bounces, I wouldn't put much weight on that. It's true, and you're right, that it might be taken as a bounce, but people usually read only one thing they found in the SERPs rather than follow an author to see what else they wrote. So most are counted as a bounce anyway. I'm sure Google knows that.
                                       
                                       Per your other question, how I know people joined: I see in my stats that I got paid on days that I had no internal traffic. So I have to assume that that payment came from prior views that eventually signed up.
                                       
                                       To your last point, yes, I know exactly what you mean. I noticed that too. And in addition, I see that I get paid more from people who read and write. I think I know why that is. Those who paid to read and not write will read an awful lot of articles. So their monthly $5 is tremendously diluted.
                                       
                                       While those who read and write don't read all that much (in comparison). So their $5 goes a lot further towards the few of us they read. Of course, that only applies to those who write AND also signed up to read.
                                       
                                       For that reason, I don't pay much attention to people who did not sign up to read more than three a month. You can tell who they are because the paid subscribers have a circle around their avatar.

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   Rochelle Frankposted 4 years ago

   Good advice.
   The title can always be changed, but the URL should be very specific to searchable terms. Sometimes we leaarn by experience.

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