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   Stephen Cronin // July 9th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
   

   I agree, changing your permalink structure should be one of the first things you do.

   However, if you’re just starting, be careful about using /%category%/%postname%/. Using %category% isn’t sensible, unless you are very sure that your categories won’t change.

   I fell into this trap - as my blog matures, I need to tweak the categories, which would break my permalinks.

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   Jeff Houdyschell // July 9th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
   

   Stephen, you make a truly valid point about the future changing of the categories. In fact I faced that same issue on this very blog not that long ago.

   While I do believe that getting that added keyword in the URL from the category is a a good SEO tactic and I will continue to use the /%category%/%postname%/ permalink structure, your point is well taken.

   You can however change the category name and still maintain the category slug, which should maintain the URL.

   However in the future I will caution on the pitfalls of using categories in the permalink structure and the importance of planning or choosing ones categories carefully with the future in mind if using, /%category%/%postname%/.

   Thanks Stephen!

   Jeff

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