“Could a custom URL negatively affect my site’s SEO ranking?”- SEO Office Hours Shorts @GoogleSearchCentral
“Could a custom URL negatively affect my site’s SEO ranking?”- SEO Office Hours Shorts  @GoogleSearchCentral
Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this episode of SEO Office Hours, we dive into the question of custom URLs and their effects on site rankings and SEO.

The answer? This shouldn’t cause any problems. See why with John’s response!

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Speaker: John Mueller
Products Mentioned: Search Console
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