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The method described here URL Slugify algorithm in C#? returns "" for the input ブルノ.

Is it ok to include Japanese characters in URLs or does it hurt SEO? Will Google/Bing display as ブルノ or %E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8E?

What should I do for the user アウロン?

  1. /user/1/auron (different field to set the name in url)
  2. /user/1/アウロン (set his displayname in url)

ja.wikipedia.org does use Japanese characters in the URL, so can I just assume it is safe? Or does it need something else?

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  • Do not use slugs for non-Latin characters, use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punycode. Actually, do not use slugs for any URLs ever. – Dour High Arch Sep 24 '12 at 18:27

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I suggest you do not use the second choice 2./user/1/アウロン.

The reason is, if I do not have the japanses language installed on my machine (I use Windows 7) and you send me a link like www.abc.com/user/1/アウロン it will display a link to www.abc.com/user/1/ instead of www.abc.com/user/1/アウロン.

I noticed this behavior when I sent a link that contains Thai characters to my coworkers on Skype. It linked to incorrect link like what I said in the previous paragraph.

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