Add a dot to post/post url Permalink

  • onlinesourceinc

    (@onlinesourceinc)


    11 years, 3 months ago

    So, I recently installed Yoast and I’m trying to rank with the keyword “yahoo.com” because I wrote about “yahoo.com” in a recent post. Yoast scanned my post and noticed that “yahoo.com” was in the content of the post, I had it as a keyword, in the meta description and page title too. The only place where it was missing was the url.

    I tried to make http://mysite.com/yahoo.com but WordPress saved it instead as http://mysite.com/yahoo-com.

    It seems to change the dot to a dash.

    Is there anything I can do it wordpress to have dots accepted in page urls? I have been looking online for plugins or other suggestions and can’t find an answer anywhere.

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  • WP Libra

    (@wpbum)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    It will not benefit you an anyway to get a dot in there. Also you have zero chance of ranking for that keyword.

    Sorry, but this is the truth.

    Thread Starter onlinesourceinc

    (@onlinesourceinc)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    Thank you for replying but can this be done?

    If I I try to tackle a less popular domain and write a post on, let’s just say for the sake of argument, blahblahwhatever.com which I have a pretty good chance of ranking for and I want the keyword to be just that… blahblahwhatever.com, is it possible to do this?

    I know yahoo.com was a bad example but I wanted to use a site people were familiar with.

    If it does not matter than why does Yoast not give me the approval and green light my page for a domain keyword, simply because the dot is missing in the page/post url.

    WP Libra

    (@wpbum)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    You can try

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-permalinks/

    But adding a dot in the URL adds no significant value if trying to rank for that keyword.

    Don’t believe everything Yoast tells you. 🙂

    Thread Starter onlinesourceinc

    (@onlinesourceinc)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    Thanks again. I downloaded that plugin and it worked perfectly!!!

    As far as your point goes, I can’t see why it would definitely help me, but I don’t see why it would hurt me either to have the full domain in my url if I was trying to rank for it.

    Only time will tell.

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