Official Google answer: Does the position of keywords in the URL have a significant impact. example.com/keyword/London is better than example.com/London/keyword ?

Question:

Does the position of keywords in the URL have a significant impact. example.com/keyword/London is better than example.com/London/keyword ?

Google’s Matt Cutts answers:

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