For a very detailed report on why words are not efficient (has nothing to do with SEO, pretty, nor usefulness), see <a href="http://ottopress.com/2010/category-in-permalinks-considered-harmful/" target="_blank">http://ottopress.com/2010/category-in-permalinks-considered-harmful/</a> <div>
<br></div><div>And yes, the page needs to be updated to reflect this information. Originally, it was believed to be possible, since <a href="http://example.com/my-blog-title/">example.com/my-blog-title/</a> works as words, but it's more complicated than that. Trust me, I've been fighting this issue since 2003. If there were a way, I'd be doing it right now. I think a screenshot is not needed on such a page as the instructions are fairly clear.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Lorelle<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 1:42 PM, esmi at quirm dot net <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:esmi@quirm.net" target="_blank">esmi@quirm.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
on 13/07/2010 21:24 John O'Nolan said the following:<div><br>
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Purely out of interest (cause this is news to me)<br>
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How does a permalink structure including numbers solve the problem outlined in that old thread, <br>
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Just had a topic today that appears to illustrate the issue rather well:<br>
<<a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/423072" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/support/topic/423072</a>><div><br>
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and why isn't this solution more widely published?<br>
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It is mentioned quite specifically in about 5 different places on the relevant Codex page:<div><br>
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<<a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks" target="_blank">http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks</a>><br>
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esmi / Mel</font><div><div></div><div><br>
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