{"id":11080,"date":"2014-07-10T16:07:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T20:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/webservices\/?p=11080"},"modified":"2026-03-17T07:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:55:20","slug":"long-url","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/2014\/long-url\/","title":{"rendered":"What Not To Do: Long URL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        What Not To Do: Long URL\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know you can change the URL of a page or post on your website?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you type in the title of the page or post, CMS will automatically generate a URL that contains most of the words in your title. This can be convenient, but sometimes gives you a very long URL! It is best (and simple!) to avoid a URL that is especially long; today\u2019s blog post will tell you how.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"why-should-i-make-a-shorter-url\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why should I make a shorter URL?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many reasons to keep your URLs short. Firstly, it is good for accessibility purposes: if you have a link to a page and a 200-character URL sitting there, the link is not easily read, visually or otherwise (not to mention the fact that it looks ugly!). Another concern is Search Engine Optimization (SEO) \u2013 a URL that contains relevant key words and less&nbsp;filler information will be found more quickly and attract more viewers. Did I mention changing your long URL is easy to do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"steps\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Edit the page or post that needs a shorter URL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Underneath the Title, see the Permalink. Click <strong>Edit<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Type a new ending to the link, using the most relevant key words first. Make sure the URL is unique (don\u2019t duplicate another page from your site).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>OK<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Update<\/strong> the page<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s it &#8211; five simple steps to making your URL address bar less crowded. Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know you can change the URL of a page or post on your website? When you type in the title of the page or post, CMS will automatically generate a URL that contains most of the words in your title. This can be convenient, but sometimes gives you a very long URL! 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