Hi Michael Though i've got no back up data, i think nearer the route the better. If not for search engines at least for the general users to use.
Its probably more important that you have the right set up with headers, meta tags, robot.txt etc then really its more down to how you want the site structured yourselves. All the best, Andy J www.andyjarrett.co.uk On 07/12/05, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:29:54 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
