What Is a URL? The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide

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You enter URLs every day... but what exactly is a URL and how does it work? 🤯Click the URL below to learn more 😉 👉 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/Kinsta?sub_confirmation=1 A URL is essentially a unique address that will lead to a specific page on a site when entered into a web browser. It’s what makes it easy to share webpages (or YouTube videos) you find interesting with your friends. With millions of connected servers on the internet, hundreds of millions of websites, and billions of pages, it’s one of the primary technologies that make the web easy to navigate. Without it, you would have no way to separate one page from the 64 billion other webpages on the internet. In this video, we’ll do a deep dive into the URL, explain what it is in-depth, break down the individual building blocks of how it works, cover what a good URL looks like for SEO purposes, and more. _____________________________________________________ ℹ️ About Kinsta Kinsta provides Managed WordPress Hosting for projects of all sizes, serving over 120,000+ businesses worldwide. Officially recommended by Google Cloud, Kinsta leverages Google's Premium Tier network and the fastest C2 and C3D machines to guarantee lightning-fast load times. Kinsta provides enterprise-level security, a free global edge CDN with 260+ PoPs, and 24/7/365 support. Try Kinsta's Managed WordPress hosting for free, with your first month on us! 🚀 Don’t let unnecessarily complicated and underperforming hosts delay your projects. Explore our plans to find the perfect fit to run your WordPress sites ► https://kinsta.com/pricing/ 💡Learn more about Kinsta’s hosting solutions 👉Managed WordPress Hosting: https://kinsta.com/wordpress-hosting/ 👤Follow us: ► https://kinsta.com/blog/ ► https://kinsta.com/newsletter/ ► https://twitter.com/kinsta ► https://instagram.com/kinstahosting ► https://facebook.com/kinstahosting __________________________ 🕘Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:56 What Is a URL? 1:30 What is an Example of a URL? 1:50 The Anatomy of a URL 2:52 The Domain Name & DNS 3:23 The Path 4:24 Query Strings and Variables 5:12 UTM Parameters 5:49 Anchors 6:52 WWW or non-WWW 7:44 WordPress Permalinks 8:52 Editing Permalinks When Creating New Posts and Pages 9:31 Redirecting an Old URL 10:28 URL Shorteners: When You Should Use Them __________________________ 📚 Resources 🇺🇷🇱 What Is a URL? The Anatomy of a URL, Permalinks, SEO, and More ► https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/what-is-a-url/ ➡️ In-Depth HTTP to HTTPS Migration Guide for WordPress ► https://kinsta.com/blog/http-to-https/ 🤔 What Is DNS? Domain Name System Explained ► https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/what-is-dns/ 🛠 How to Change Your WordPress URL ► https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/wordpress-change-url/ 📗 The Ultimate Guide to Using WordPress Permalinks ► https://kinsta.com/blog/wordpress-permalinks/ #URLs