Slug Generator

How to Use the Slug Generator

The Slug Generator is a free online tool designed to convert any text into a clean, URL-friendly slug suitable for web pages, blog posts, product URLs, and API endpoints. A slug is the part of a URL that identifies a specific page in a human-readable form, typically appearing after the domain name. For example, in the URL example.com/blog/how-to-use-git, the slug is "how-to-use-git". Creating proper slugs is essential for search engine optimization (SEO) because search engines use URL structure as a ranking signal, and clean URLs improve click-through rates in search results.

Why URL Slugs Matter for SEO

Search engines like Google analyze URL structure to understand page content. A well-crafted slug that contains relevant keywords can improve your page ranking for those terms. Clean, descriptive slugs also make URLs more shareable and trustworthy to users. Studies have shown that URLs containing relevant keywords receive higher click-through rates in search engine results pages (SERPs). Best practices for URL slugs include keeping them short (3-5 words), using hyphens as word separators (Google recommends hyphens over underscores), removing stop words like "the", "a", and "is", and using lowercase letters throughout. This tool automates these best practices for you.

Handling Special Characters and Non-ASCII Text

When generating slugs from text that contains special characters, punctuation, or non-ASCII characters (such as Japanese, Chinese, Korean, or accented Latin characters), this tool removes non-ASCII characters and replaces spaces and special characters with your chosen separator. While some content management systems support Unicode in URLs (known as Internationalized Resource Identifiers or IRIs), using ASCII-only slugs ensures maximum compatibility across all browsers, servers, and services. The tool warns you when non-ASCII characters are detected so you can provide appropriate English text for the slug if needed. All processing happens entirely in your browser with no data sent to any server, ensuring complete privacy.

Separator Choice: Hyphens vs Underscores

Google treats hyphens as word separators in URLs but treats underscores as word joiners. This means "web-development" is interpreted as two words, while "web_development" is treated as a single compound word. For SEO purposes, hyphens are generally recommended. However, some systems and APIs prefer underscores for technical reasons, so this tool offers both options.

Slug Generatorの使い方

このSlug Generatorは、テキストをURLに適したスラッグに変換する無料オンラインツールです。 スペースや特殊文字を自動的に処理し、SEOに最適化されたURLスラッグを生成します。 ハイフンとアンダースコアの選択、大文字小文字の変換オプションに対応しています。 日本語などの非ASCII文字が含まれる場合は警告を表示し、ASCII文字のみのスラッグを生成します。 全ての処理はブラウザ内で完結し、データが外部に送信されることはありません。