As for who’s correct, Daniel or, uh, Daniel… I’m going to throw some fuel on this and say: Without testing, it’s simply opinion.

In any case, thanks again for the article and hosting the conversation. I definitely learned something.

Darn if you’re not right! Very important post of yours. That’s so unobvious of WP! Everything else is checked by default, except that, and you’d never know there is such a thing and where to find it.

The default post slug seems to be the post name (with hyphens between words). I am using post #s for my URLs (ex. /?p=503) and not permalinks with words. I’ve now modified the slug and the URL is still my post #, not the slug, so we’re ready for Daniel’s excellent advice about focusing on key words to work.

@Jane H: In fact I also looked for this “post slug” options
But in WP 2.7, it is hidden by default, so you must first click on “screen options” (top screen), then a menu scroll down and then you can select it.
Be careful that it will display the field at the bottom of the page.

Now honestly I don’t really see the difference between “post slug” and “permalink” (?) When u change one, the other changes too (!)
So I prefer to modify the permalink by editing it. Handier as just located under the main title on top of page…