Creating good SEO friendly URLs

Question

I have the following example URL:

http://mysite.com/tracks/backing-track?artist=abba&song=voulez+vous

QUESTION: Is this SEO friendly? Or would it be better:

http://mysite.com/tracks/backing-track/abba/voulez+vous

QUESTION: If the latter, is it possible to convert to this using .htaccess rules and if so, how?

I'm kind of new to SEO and using rewrites so looking to adopt best practice as early in the design stage as possible.

Yes there are many, most don't say WHAT is friendly though - hence my first question. — StudioTime, Jun 22 '13 at 14:04
Well, that's off-topic anyway: http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/seo — mario, Jun 22 '13 at 14:07

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 22 '13 at 14:01

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Yes later URL scheme is better and friendly to SEO.

Here is .htaccess for 2nd scheme.

Enable mod_rewrite and .htaccess through httpd.conf and then put this code in your .htaccess under DOCUMENT_ROOT directory:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^(tracks)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ /$1/$2?artist=$3&song=$4 [L,NC,QSA,NE]

answered Jun 22 '13 at 14:01

anubhava

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Both are friendly to SEO - but not to SEO optimizer agents that want to get a buck. :) – Sven Jun 22 '13 at 14:01

Creating good SEO friendly URLs

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