internal links and navigation

[john alis]

i am working on a website that has many small and semi valuable that i want to work into the navigation through internal linking, plus related articles and other features. i build a related services/pages/links near the headline, in a fairly lovely way. people use and it helped me quite a bit to get the navigation i needed.

now, some of the related links are incorporated into the text and with the related links, the sidebar menu and in the text, appear 3 times or more.

and i ask:

- should they repeat that many?

- is internal linking through a related menu is less effective, seo wise, then in text linking inside the text?

- are internal links more effective (the more relvent and important ones) when they appear above the fold, or early in code?

- generally, any tips on site architecture will be helpful.

thanks, john

[Snider]

Would help if you could post your site so we can see what you mean.

[john alis]

www.flatratecarpet.com

have a look at the inner pages.