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Convert any text to a URL-friendly slug. Removes accents, special characters, spaces to hyphens.

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Free Text to Slug Converter – Create SEO-Friendly URL Slugs

A URL slug is the part of a web address that comes after the domain name and identifies a specific page in a human-readable format. For example, in "example.com/blog/my-first-post", the slug is "my-first-post". Creating clean, descriptive slugs is one of the most important on-page SEO practices.

Our free text-to-slug converter instantly transforms any text into a URL-friendly format by removing special characters, replacing spaces with hyphens (or your chosen separator), stripping accented characters, and converting to lowercase. This ensures your URLs are clean, consistent, and optimized for search engines.

Google has confirmed that keywords in URLs are a minor ranking factor, and clean URLs improve click-through rates because users can understand the page content before clicking. A slug like "best-running-shoes-2025" is far more appealing than "page?id=12345" in search results.

This tool supports three separator options: hyphens (-), underscores (_), and dots (.). While hyphens are the standard recommended by Google for word separation in URLs, underscores are common in programming contexts, and dots are occasionally used in versioned file names or specific URL conventions.

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What is a URL slug and why does it matter for SEO?+
A URL slug is the human-readable part of a URL that describes the page content. It matters for SEO because search engines use it to understand page content, and users are more likely to click on URLs they can read and understand. Google recommends keeping slugs descriptive and concise.
Should I use hyphens or underscores in URL slugs?+
Google recommends hyphens (-) over underscores (_) for separating words in URLs. Google treats hyphens as word separators but treats underscores as word joiners. So "red-shoes" is read as two words, while "red_shoes" might be interpreted as one word.
How does the tool handle accented characters?+
The tool uses Unicode normalization (NFD) to decompose accented characters into their base letter plus a combining mark, then removes the combining marks. So "café" becomes "cafe" and "résumé" becomes "resume", producing clean ASCII-only slugs.
What is the ideal length for a URL slug?+
Google can handle long URLs, but shorter slugs perform better. Aim for 3-5 words that describe the page content. Remove stop words like "the", "and", "of" when they do not add meaning. For example, "best-budget-laptops" is better than "the-best-budget-laptops-of-the-year".
Can I use this slug generator for blog posts and e-commerce products?+
Yes, this tool works for any URL slug need — blog posts, product pages, category pages, or any web page. Simply type or paste your title, and copy the generated slug into your CMS, whether it is WordPress, Shopify, Next.js, or any other platform.

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