If you submit a site map to Google for your site, the directory structure doesn't matter much, they'll scan it as submitted. I don't use any other search engines, so I have no thoughts on those. My personal preference is to reduce directory levels as much as possible, so I would probably have a directory for each group off the root.
On 12/7/05, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is going to sound strange, but what do you think is the best directory > structure when dealing with search engines. I want each section to be seen as > almost independent of the site for ranking purposes. Currently, all of the > lists are under /cf_lists with an identifier showing what list is being dealt > with. I'm thinking of changing it to /groups/cf-talk and /groups/cf-community > instead to have more of a separation and have the name of the lists in the > url. Another option is to have /cf-talk and /cf-community straight from the > root of the site. > Does anyone have any evidence that one structure is better than another? > > Also, if using the /groups/listname structure, is groups the best term to use > or should something else be used like "lists", "forums", "archives" or the > like? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:29:53 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/29 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:29 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.29 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
