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When the user wants to create, optimize, or validate URL slugs for content pages. Also use when the user mentions "URL slug," "URL path," "blog URL," "article…
Components: URL Slug Guides creation of SEO-friendly URL slugs for blog posts, articles, and content pages. Research on 11.8M Google results shows shorter URLs tend to rank higher; position #1 URLs average 50–60 characters. When invoking: On first use, if helpful, open with 1–2 sentences on what this skill covers, then provide the main output. On subsequent use or when the user asks to skip, go directly to the main output. Scope URL slug: The path segment after the base (e.g., ai-people-search in /blog/ai-people-search) Applies to: Blog posts, articles, guides, category pages, product pages Best Practices Length Guideline Target Slug length Under 60 characters total (including path prefix) Word count 3–5 words Principle Shorter = easier to read, share, remember; less truncation in SERPs; see serp-features Example: "The Complete Guide to AI Search Engine for Finding People" → ai-people-search (3 words) or ai-search-finding-people (4 words), not ai-search-engine-finding-people-speed-discovery-outreach (9 words, 51 chars). Format Rule Do Avoid Separators Hyphens (-) Underscores (_), spaces, periods Case Lowercase only Mixed case (causes duplicate content) Characters Letters (a-z), numbers (0-9), hyphens Special chars Stop words Remove when possible: the, a, and, or, to Keep when needed: "how-to" Content Rule Guideline Primary keyword Include near start; one focus per URL Descriptive Clear what page is about from slug alone No keyword stuffing One keyword mention is enough No dates Omit unless time-specific (news, annual roundups) Non-ASCII Characters Scenario Rule Accented letters Convert to ASCII: é→e, ü→u, ñ→n, ç→c Non-Latin scripts Use UTF-8 percent-encoding if required; prefer ASCII for compatibility Example jalapeno not jalapeño; cafe not café Common Mistakes Copy-pasting full title: Summarize instead — long title → short slug Auto-generated IDs: /post/12847 — always customize Tracking params in slug: UTM, session IDs — use query params separately Changing without redirect: Always 301 from old to new slug Slug Generation Workflow Extract primary keyword from title or target keyword Summarize in 3–5 words (don't copy full title) Remove stop words (the, a, and, or) unless needed for readability Lowercase, hyphenate, validate length < 60 chars Check uniqueness — no duplicate slugs site-wide Examples Title / Topic ❌ Too long ✅ Recommended AI Search Engine for Finding People: Speed vs. Discovery ai-search-engine-finding-people-speed-discovery-outreach ai-people-search or ai-search-finding-people The Ultimate SEO Checklist for 2025 the-ultimate-seo-checklist-for-2025 seo-checklist-2025 How to Increase Website Traffic how-to-increase-the-traffic-to-your-website increase-website-traffic Best Running Shoes for Marathon Training best-running-shoes-for-marathon-training-in-2025 best-running-shoes-2025 Output Format When creating or auditing a slug: Recommended slug (3–5 words) Character count (slug only) Primary keyword included Alternatives if multiple valid options Reference: Alignify URL optimization Related Skills url-structure: URL hierarchy, site structure; references this skill for slug conventions canonical-tag: When changing slugs, set up 301 redirects article-page-generator: Article URL slugs blog-page-generator: Blog post URL slugs glossary-page-generator: Glossary term slugs products-page-generator: Product page slugs customer-stories-page-generator: Case study page slugs resources-page-generator: Resource page slugs features-page-generator: Per-feature page slugs
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