Stop Words

Stop words are words that are ignored because they occur very frequently and usually have no relevance for the content as a whole. Examples of stop words are: and, or, but, because, for, etc. Especially when defining Permalinks we recommend leaving out stop words. This makes for short, crisp URLs.

Search engines have long been able to handle stop words well and understand the context of a sentence. They should therefore not be removed from continuous text, as that only makes it harder to read.

Addresses are a different matter: a URL like /wie-man-eine-website-fuer-das-unternehmen-erstellt/ becomes much more compact when the stop words are left out and still remains understandable.

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