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Welcome to the ineedhits Search Engine Marketing blog, where we share the latest search engine and online marketing news, releases, industry trends and great DIY tips and advice.
Before spending money on SEO, your site can get a great head start in achieving top rankings by ensuring you’ve implemented SEO friendly site architecture. URL structure, file names and website speed are three important elements to consider when designing your site.
URL Structure
Your URL structure refers to the structure of your website and the way each page is connected to another. Keeping your architecture relatively flat and separating content into different categories is the best way to achieve this.
Instead of placing all of your products into one folder, separate them out into categories and subcategories. Using the example below, you can see how each subcategory of jackets, shirts and shoes are separated into their own product folders. This helps search engines assign keyword relevance to different areas of your website and will have a positive impact on your rankings.
File and Folder Names
File naming conventions are another important area of website architecture. Including keywords in your file and folder names will help search engines determine the theme of each page and boost your ranking for these terms.
Following on with our clothing store example, you can see the final URL below is much more descriptive than the first two and lets search engines know that content of the page is related to red dress shoes.
Website Speed
Website speed is a relatively new ranking factor that Google introduced in the middle of 2010. According to Google, “Faster sites create happy users”, so they’ve set out to reward sites with faster loading times and punish those that aren’t up to scratch.
Some areas to check on your website include,
Matt is a marketing professional at ineedhits.com, an international search marketing firm. Matt's passion for online marketing began at university and has proved invaluable in steering product development and marketing initiatives at the company. Matt is a regular contributor to the ineedhits search marketing blog. Top 10 Listing! Get more targeted visitors to your site! No click fees! Find Out More Here | 1000+ Guaranteed Visitors Get thousands of guaranteed website visitors to your site in 30 days! Get Started Here |
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By ravi shrivastav - March 8, 2011
Interesting perspective on navigation. I definitely agree that “product1.html” is just plain stupid and I can’t believe how many people still do things like that. On the other hand, though, I’m a big believer in the “marketing funnel” approach – which doesn’t always look like a top-down hierarchy. Good post.
By Dave - March 11, 2011
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I am a true believer and supporter of google because they are focusing on showing what is really relevant to searches. What I dont agree with google is the fact that they will change the title and/or other things within my site without my consent becuase they want to “clean up” or “rank you better”. They should create another set of Algorithms to change the way they rank sites and then change existing ranks. Either or I am keeping my eyes open and get back to the drawing table and keep up with google’s rule.
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