Checks / Links, canonical and speed
URL is hard to read or share
Upper-case letters, underscores, spaces or very long URLs (over 115 characters) cause duplicate URLs and are cut off in results.
url_format · Links, canonical and speed · Notice
What to change
Use short, lower-case URLs with hyphens; redirect the old address to the new one.
How common it is
We have not measured how common this is on a sample of sites. Counts appear here when a study covers it.
About this check
| Check ID | url_format |
|---|---|
| Report section | Links, canonical and speed |
| Severity | Notice |
| How it is decided | Measured: read directly from the page or the server's response. |
| Added | Version 3, 19 October 2026 |
| Status | Measured in every report |
| Report gives the code | No, the fix is described in words |
Related checks
- Address variants of real pages return 404
- Broken internal links
- Canonical points to a broken or redirecting URL
- Redirect loop
- Canonical points to a noindex page
- Canonical points to another page
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