Free URL Slug Generator

What Is a URL Slug?

A URL slug is the part of a web address that comes after the domain name and identifies a specific page. For example, in https://example.com/best-seo-tools/, the slug is "best-seo-tools."

SEO-friendly slugs are short, descriptive, lowercase, and use hyphens to separate words. They help both users and search engines understand what a page is about before clicking.

• Google uses URL words as a minor ranking signal
• Clean URLs improve click-through rates in search results
• Short, descriptive URLs are easier to share and remember
• Hyphens are preferred over underscores by Google

URL Slug Best Practices

• Include your target keyword in the slug
• Keep it short — 3-5 words is ideal
• Remove stop words (the, a, an, is, in, for)
• Use hyphens not underscores to separate words
• All lowercase — URLs are case-sensitive
• No special characters — only letters, numbers, hyphens

After creating your slug, preview the full URL in Google with the SERP preview tool and research the keyword with ANO SEO's keyword research tool.