Question 1

What is a URL slug?

Accepted Answer

A slug is a URL-friendly version of a string, typically lowercase with words separated by hyphens, used in web page URLs.

Question 2

Why use hyphens instead of underscores?

Accepted Answer

Search engines like Google treat hyphens as word separators but underscores are not, making hyphens better for SEO.

Question 3

Should I remove special characters?

Accepted Answer

Yes, slugs should only contain alphanumeric characters and hyphens for clean, SEO-friendly URLs.

Question 4

Is my text sent to a server?

Accepted Answer

No, the slug is generated entirely in your browser.

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