Is there a downside to long URLs?

For sake of SEO I'd like to begin using my Blog's title as the URL (开发者_Go百科just like SO). Is there a point where long is too long? Any browser-specific (IE6) issues?

Actually SEO suggests that you do not overuse the title of your blog, but rather make your post's title more important. That is why it is not a very good idea to use your blog title in a single post title as well. The header is an important part and the keywords of your post title should not be mixed with the title of your blog (because this makes them less important).

However, rest assured that google already knows about these ideas and handles them properly. Therefore, i would advise you not to pay too much attention on such matters.

Nope. Search engines may trip over query strings (the part behind the ?) but the length of the url shouldn't be a problem as long as you keep it under 8Kb.

But, a nice, short, clean and readable url might convince more vistors to actually click on it.

It is my understanding that the earlier the keyword is in the url the more weight it is given. If you are trying to optimize for the keyword "widgets" url A is going to be beneficial, and url B likely will not.

A: yoursite.com/Widgets-For-Sale

B: yoursite.com/This-Is-A-Blog-Post-About-Widgits