SEO-Enhanced Slugs (URLs)

[m88youngling]

Currently level and profile URLs appear as "slots" or something that doesn't make much sense out of context. These pages stand a chance of ranking higher on Google if they are more descriptive based off of the level or user's name.

For example, this is the difference between,

https://lighthouse.com/slot/3419

and

https://lighthouse.com/slot/3D-platforming-logic-showcase

If a level of the same name is published, add a hyphen and then a number to the end. I may need to do some more research on this because similar URLs (from copied levels or levels of the same name) may be bad for a level page's search ranking

[jvyden]

Would something like https://lighthouse.com/slot/3104/amazing-level-wow work instead? The way you mentioned seems a bit annoying to handle.

[m88youngling]

Yessir!

[TheManchineel]

I agree with jvyden, that's also how Reddit does it. I'd make any request to https://lighthouse.com/slot/3104/$level-name check if $level-name is the actual name for 3104, and if not, 302 temporary-redirect to the proper level name.