Sub-directory

GoldDust · 01-31-2004, 08:59 AM

Hi,

I read an artical that talks of placing topic pages in sub-directories and I just wanted to clarify some things before I go ahead and start placing my pages in different directories. (folders)

My example is this:

If I had a site about mobile phones and I had pages on phones, phone covers, phone cases...would it be ok to create a different folder for each topic and place the pages of each topic in thier folders! for example

<a href="mobile-phones-cases/phone-cases.htm instead of <a href="/phone-cases.htm

the problem is when I start moving the pages around the pr dissapears
also,
would this be effective for google and other spiders to crawl?

Also What would be the seo advantages of placing in there own respected folders??

edbarton · 01-31-2004, 09:00 AM

GoldDust · 01-31-2004, 09:03 AM

I have done this with one page already but the pr has now gone once I have moved the page to a new folder - it was pr 3

<a href="mobile-phone-case.htm" was p3 but when i change to
<a href="mobile-phone/mobile-phone-cases.htm" pr goes to 0

any advice!

edbarton · 01-31-2004, 09:13 AM

PR will disappear because PR is based on links to a page and only occurs on the update so Google won't have counted the link. Google has no problem with spidering sites in sub-directories. On the next update it will probably get the same PR as the current file.

GoldDust · 01-31-2004, 09:15 AM

ok - thanks, :wink: I'm still a little concerned of placing over 300 pages into all new directories (folders) even tough I know it will be great for topic and themeing.I end up losing all my pr on all my pages... You did say this will return, But im not sure..

Also Whats the "SEO" advantages of placing pages in there own respected topic folders??

I, Brian · 01-31-2004, 03:38 PM

Google will actually have counted the links - the PR just won't show publicly until the monthly update.

GoldDust · 01-31-2004, 04:47 PM

Thank you :wink:

GoldDust · 02-02-2004, 02:04 AM

On continuation of this issue regarding directories & folders,

Is it right that you lose pr the deeper the spider has to crawl through you directories or is this just dam right not true!!

I have placed most of my topic pages in the relervent folders, to help with topic control and themeing but i'm still a little concerned..

my example below is of one of my pages that i have placed in a new location in my directory

<href="http://www.widget.com/london-night-clubs/clubs-in-soho.htm
is this too long? before it was <href="http://www.widget.com/clubs-in-soho.htm

I'm hearing from all different sources different theory's that this is not good practise and its also a little deep for the spiders to crawl thus losing pr -
Can some one kindly clear this up forme please! :wink:

compar · 02-02-2004, 08:21 AM

Nobody has anwsered the initial question about the benefits of doing all this extra work.

I personally wouldn't even consider doing it after the fact. I doubt I would do it for the search engines even before the fact. The only thing that would lead me to do that is the natural organization and the ease of web site design management.

Now if you are going to do it the may be keyword benefit from using hypenated -- rather than underscore -- folder names. But I doubt that it is worth all the work entailed.

Spend the time getting 20 new links. I think you will be a lot further ahead.

I, Brian · 02-02-2004, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldDust

On continuation of this issue regarding directories & folders,

Is it right that you lose pr the deeper the spider has to crawl through you directories or is this just dam right not true!!

I have placed most of my topic pages in the relervent folders, to help with topic control and themeing but i'm still a little concerned..

my example below is of one of my pages that i have placed in a new location in my directory

<href="http://www.widget.com/london-night-clubs/clubs-in-soho.htm
is this too long? before it was <href="http://www.widget.com/clubs-in-soho.htm

I'm hearing from all different sources different theory's that this is not good practise and its also a little deep for the spiders to crawl thus losing pr -
Can some one kindly clear this up forme please! :wink:

Deep isn't an issue - unless your talking specifically about internal link architecture.

If all backlinks point to your main index page, then it's up to the index page to distribute the PR through the rest of the site architecture. This is where how you internally link becomes very important - you need to be able to force an emphasis on your most important pages, and ensure irrelevant pages (in SEO terms) are not highly linked to (such as copyright and privacy notices, etc).

Your pages can always have whatever folder depth as you like. The defining point is always going to be on how those pages are linked to.

GoldDust · 02-02-2004, 11:58 AM

Thanks guy's - you info is much appriciated! Yes I totally understand the linking back - :wink: