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Hi friends ,
There is a page in my website which contains links to all the travel destinations in India which is alphabetically arranged and it is a dynamic page. My doubt is about the naming of that page. I rewrited all the php pages to html page.

In this case "travel-destinations-in-india.html " is a good title ?

Any special tips for page naming for successful SEO process.

Please advise
Thanks
Rajeesh

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Good instincts, — a human-readable, stable URL is the goal. For an alphabetical hub of Indian destinations you want a short, descriptive slug that people (and other sites) can glance at. Use hyphens to separate words, keep everything lowercase, and favor a hierarchical path where sensible (for example /destinations/india/ or /india/travel-destinations/) rather than long parameterized URLs. Hyphens and readable words help both users and crawlers; don’t over-optimize by removing words that make the URL clear — words in URLs are a very small ranking signal compared with clarity and permanence. (developers.google.com)

Because you rewrote PHP pages to .html, preserve what’s already working: implement server-side permanent redirects (301/308) from the old PHP URLs to the new URLs, pick a single canonical for each page, update internal links and your sitemap, and then submit the sitemap / request re-indexing in Search Console. Avoid redirect chains, keep query strings minimal, and be consistent (same casing, same trailing-slash policy) so Google doesn’t treat multiple variants as different pages. These actions transfer indexing signals and prevent traffic loss after URL changes. (developers.google.com)

If you prefer a filename rather than a directory, travel-destinations-india or india-travel-destinations are fine; omitting the word “in” shortens the slug and is acceptable when readability is preserved. The .html extension itself won’t give you an SEO edge — choose extensionless or .html based on what’s easiest to maintain for your server/CMS and stick with it. Try to keep slugs to 3–5 meaningful words. (developers.google.com)

Quick example (Apache .htaccess) to redirect an old PHP page to the new URL:

Redirect 301 /old-page.php /destinations/india/

Final checklist: readable hyphenated slug, lowercase, single canonical, server-side 301s for old URLs, updated sitemap, and monitor via Search Console. That approach preserves UX and SEO while keeping the URL future-proof. (developers.google.com)

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Member Avatar for canadafred

You don't need the -in- part as "in" is a stop word and has no value SEO-wise. The search engine will ignore it and it takes up character spaces unnecessarily.

Member Avatar for AirForceOne

Hi,

Right, it is helpful to have your targeted keywords in (or as) file name for SEO purpose according to the destination page contents.

all the best,

Member Avatar for rajeesh_rsn

Thanks ...
Thank you for your valuable advise
Rajeesh

You don't need the -in- part as "in" is a stop word and has no value SEO-wise. The search engine will ignore it and it takes up character spaces unnecessarily.

Member Avatar for amrish2338

You should choose the page name containing the keywords of oyur site

Member Avatar for deecoup

url short beneficial for us but avoid stop words in title, url and meta desc.

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