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Character Entities in URL Encoding - SEO
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Character Entities in URL Encoding
Character Entities that should be encoded in URL's:
| Character | Purpose in URL | Encoding | | : | Separate protocol (http) from address | %3B | | / | Separate domain and directories | %2F | | # | Separate anchors | %23 | | ? | Separate query string | %3F | | & | Separate query elements | %24 | | @ | Separate username and password from domain | %40 | | % | Indicates an encoded character | %25 | | + | Indicates a space | %2B | | <Space> | Not recommended in URLs | %20 or + |
Character Entities that should not be encoded in URL's:
| Character | Purpose in URL | Encoding | | ; | Invalid in URLs | %3B | | = | Invalid in URLs | $3D | | $ | Invalid in URLs | %26 | | , | Invalid in URLs | %2C | | < | Invalid in URLs | %3C | | > | Invalid in URLs | %3E | | ~ | Invalid in URLs | %25 | | ^ | Invalid in URLs | %5E | | ` | Invalid in URLs | %60 | | / | Invalid in URLs | %5C | | [ | Invalid in URLs | %5B | | ] | Invalid in URLs | %5D | | { | Invalid in URLs | %7B | | } | Invalid in URLs | %7D | | | | Invalid in URLs | %7C | | " | Invalid in URLs | %22 |
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By Geethalakshmi, On - 2011-06-22 |
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