I think the original person's point was that a flat namespace allows you to design the URL structure that fits your scenario best. So, if you want a page to appear to be part of a folder, then you can assign it an appropriate slug. If you want child pages to not carry the name of a folder in the URL, then you have that option as well. Drupal is a good example of a CMS that allows this flexibility.
Carefully choosing a URL does not mean that someone is "link spamming", or "only cares about ranking". Let's face it, if you're going to go through the trouble of spending 100's of hours building your killer app, or fabulous website, you might as well do all you can to help people find it. Jay On 6/11/07, Oliver Baltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/06/07 11:18 PM, Chris Parrish was heard to say: > > Short Answer - don't bet the farm on any "magic techniques" if they > > don't make good common development sense. Over time, the engines adapt > > to eliminate the sneaksters and ensure that those who aren't, aren't > > penalized. > > That's what I was thinking. I have a 2003 textbook that, among other > things, is about crawler technology and even that uses information in > the URL to boost the ranking of a page. Additionally, it's a known > fact that respected search engine companies recruit only the brightest > of the brightest and I am certain somebody there has thought about it. > > I just found myself confused as there are a few people who seem to be > very convinced that a "flat" namespace is the better choice with focus > only on SEO. Sure, if somebody is into link spamming and only cares > about ranking, rather than providing search capabilities, then that > might be the way to go, but if you actually want the search engine to > find meaningful results to specific queries, I believe a properly > structured content is more beneficial than without any structure. > > Just my €0.02. > > Oliver > > > _______________________________________________ > Radiant mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ > Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant > > _______________________________________________ Radiant mailing list Post: [email protected] Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
