URL structure and slug optimization in SEO Fundamentals - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create a URL slug by replacing spaces with {{BLANK_1}}.

SEO Fundamentals

slug = title.replace(' ', '[1]')

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A_

B*

C+

D-

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Common Mistakes

Using underscores (_) instead of hyphens (-)

Using plus signs (+) which can be confusing in URLs

Hyphens (-) are the standard and recommended character to replace spaces in URL slugs because they improve readability and SEO.

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medium

Complete the code to convert the slug to lowercase for better URL consistency.

SEO Fundamentals

slug = slug.[1]()

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Alower

Btitle

Ccapitalize

Dupper

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Common Mistakes

Using capitalize() which only changes the first letter

Using upper() which makes letters uppercase

Using lower() converts all characters to lowercase, which is best practice for URL slugs to avoid duplicates and improve SEO.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to remove special characters from the slug using {{BLANK_1}}.

SEO Fundamentals

import re
slug = [1](r'[^a-z0-9-]', '', slug)

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Are.sub

Bre.match

Cre.search

Dre.split

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Common Mistakes

Using re.match which only checks the start of the string

Using re.search which finds but does not replace

Using re.split which splits the string instead of replacing

re.sub replaces all characters not matching the pattern with an empty string, effectively removing special characters from the slug.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a slug dictionary with keys as original titles and values as optimized slugs.

SEO Fundamentals

slug_dict = {title: title[1]().replace(' ', '[2]') for title in titles}

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A.lower

B.upper

C-

D_

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using uppercase method instead of lowercase

Replacing spaces with underscores instead of hyphens

Using .lower() converts titles to lowercase and replacing spaces with hyphens - creates SEO-friendly slugs.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to filter titles longer than 5 characters and create slugs with lowercase and hyphens.

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filtered_slugs = {title[1]: title[2]().replace(' ', '[3]') for title in titles if len(title) > 5}

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A.upper

B.lower

C-

D.strip

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Skipping the strip method leading to unwanted spaces

Using uppercase instead of lowercase

Replacing spaces with underscores instead of hyphens

.strip() removes extra spaces around the title, .lower() converts to lowercase, and replacing spaces with hyphens - creates clean, SEO-friendly slugs.