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URL (Uniform Resource Locator, previously Universal Resource Locator) is the unique address for a file that accessible on the Internet, is a reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it. (Rouse)
Most web browsers display the URL of a web page above the page in an address bar. A typical URL could have the formhttp://www.example.com/index.html, which indicates a protocol (http), use to access the file resource; a hostname/domain name (www.example.com), that identifies a specific computer on the internet; and a file name (index.html), specifies the location of a file in that computer.
Like a key to the door, by entering the URL of a website in the web browser’s address line, you can get to the page in that website. Any file within the website can also be specified with a URL, like any (HTML) web page.
A good URL is important to web analytics. Having the keywords inside the long URL to be user friendly, a good URL let anyone understand what the page it leads to just by taking a look at it. For example, (www.example.com/fruits/apple.html ). In this URL, we can clearly see that apple page are from fruits folder, instead of the color red folder or else. In many occasions, web analysts look at the performance of a similar set of pages as a group. The /fruits folder lets the web analyst filter, group, and look at all the data only related to all the "fruit" pages. (Contributor, 2011)
URL Parameters are an integral

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