URL Slug Generator

A slug is the part of a web address that identifies a specific page, after the domain, such as diwali-gift-ideas in example.com/blog/diwali-gift-ideas. Clear slugs help people and search engines understand what a page is about before they even open it. Short slugs are easy to share.

Short, lower case, words separated by hyphens, no special characters, and a hint of what the page is about, for example /diwali-gift-ideas. Three to five meaningful words is usually enough. Avoid dates and numbers that will make the address look outdated later. Readable beats clever.

Hyphens. Search engines read hyphens as word separators, while underscores can join words together, so gift_ideas may be read as one word. Hyphens are also easier to read when a link is shared in a message or printed on a flyer. Pick hyphens and stay consistent.

By default, letters are converted to English letters and other characters are dropped. Tick the keep option to keep Hindi or other scripts; browsers will encode them in the address. English letters are usually easier to share and type, especially on printed material. Choose per site.

Avoid it. Links, bookmarks and search rankings point to the old address. If you must change it, redirect the old address to the new one with a 301 redirect, so visitors and search engines are sent to the right page automatically. Update internal links too.

Yes. Paste several titles, one per line, and you get one slug per line, ready to copy. That's useful for planning a whole catalogue of product pages or a list of blog posts consistently, before building them in your website. Each line stays separate. Copy them all together.

Often, yes. Dropping words such as the, a, of and for makes slugs shorter without losing meaning. The tool can trim them for you. Keep them if removing them makes the slug confusing or changes its meaning. Read it once aloud. Read the slug aloud once.

As short as possible while still describing the page, usually three to five words. Long slugs get cut off in search results and are awkward to share. Set a maximum length in the tool to keep a whole site consistent. Shorter usually wins. Shorter slugs share better.

A clear slug is a small positive: it helps people understand the result and can include a relevant word. It's far less important than your content and title. Don't stuff keywords into slugs; keep them clean and descriptive. Keep them stable once a page is live.

No. Slugs are generated in your browser, so your titles stay on your device. That's handy when planning pages for a launch that hasn't been announced yet. Nothing is stored afterwards, and you don't need an account, an email address or any software to use it.

For location pages, yes, such as /dental-clinic-kothrud. It helps local searchers and makes the page's purpose obvious. For general pages, leave the city out unless the page is specifically about that place. One city per page keeps addresses short and clearly targeted at local searchers.

They're removed or replaced, because they have special meanings in web addresses and can break links. For example, 'Sales & Offers' becomes sales-offers. Accented letters are converted to their plain versions automatically. That keeps links working wherever they're shared, from emails to printed QR codes. Spaces become hyphens.

Yes. When you create pages in Marketiism or any other website builder, paste the slug into the page address field. Consistent slugs across your site make menus, sitemaps and shared links look tidy. Choose slugs before you publish, because changing them later means adding redirects.

Yes. Paste titles on your phone and copy the slugs. It's quick for adding a blog post or product from a website builder's mobile app. Nothing is uploaded, and you don't need an app or an account, so it's quick to use while you're editing a page on the go.

Yes. The URL slug generator is free, with no sign-up and no limit. It's part of the free SEO tools from Marketiism, alongside the redirect generator and sitemap generator for keeping addresses tidy. Nothing is added to the code or text it produces, and you can use it for client and business work as often as you like.