Do You Need Your Keyword In Your Filename

Today's experiment is going to revolve around how you name your file and whether it is necessary to include your keyword in the file name. It will also look at whether the format of your file name plays a part in the ranking of your page.

I have created four files. Each has a different file name format, but the content on each page is the same in terms of SEO - albeit different randomly generated text is used to avoid a duplicate content penalty.

So without further ado, here are today's experiements...

http://www.peterclaridge.com/seoplayground/experiment-12.htm

http://www.peterclaridge.com/seoplayground/mateoric_fingle.htm

http://www.peterclaridge.com/seoplayground/mateoricfingle.htm

http://www.peterclaridge.com/seoplayground/mateoric-fingle.htm