SEO-Friendly URL Checker
Paste one or many URLs to check length, depth, casing, separators, parameters and trailing-slash consistency, with a score per URL.
Privacy and cost
This tool runs in your browser. What you type or paste is not sent to our servers and it costs nothing to use.
How it works
- Paste a URL or a list of URLs, one per line, and pick the stop-word language.
- The tool checks length, depth, uppercase, underscores, spaces, parameters, file extensions and stop words in the slug.
- On a list it also verifies that the trailing slash is handled the same way everywhere; export everything to CSV.
Example
"http://www.example.com/Products/Running_Shoes/the-best-of-the-year.php?id=482": 77 characters, score 40 out of 100, 5 things to fix: http instead of https, uppercase, underscore, a parameter, the .php extension.
What the result means
A clear URL is readable, shareable and memorable. The thresholds used (about 115 characters, 4 levels, 3 parameters) are common best practice, not official Google rules; Google can crawl far longer URLs. The score is a reading aid, not an official grade.
Common problems this tool helps with
- Uppercase letters or underscores in the path create case duplicates and separate words poorly.
- A slug stuffed with stop words and dates makes the URL long without adding meaning.
- Too many parameters or a session ID multiply the crawlable variants of a page.
- A trailing slash on some URLs but not others generates duplicate content.
Frequently asked questions
What is the maximum URL length for SEO?
There is no official SEO limit. Aim for under about 115 characters for readability, and stay below 2,048 characters for sitemaps and browser/server compatibility.
Hyphens or underscores in URLs?
Google recommends hyphens to separate words. An underscore joins words and can be read as a single term.
Should URLs have a trailing slash?
Either works, but only one style should answer with a 200; the other should 301-redirect to it.
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