Google/SEs and linklist category pages...

LD · 2009-05-11, 11:08 AM

I noticed that linklist with seperate category pages usually have something like:

Code:

domain.com/linklistdirectory/asian.html

and a different html page for each cat.

but some have

Code:

domain.com/asiandirectory/index.html

putting an index page inside folders created for each category.

Is there an advantage to one or the other...does an index page get any special treatment?

Just wondering...

teenrave · 2009-05-12, 09:49 AM

The url has a certain weight I'm not sure that an index page has any weight. But you do want keywords in your url.

Greenguy · 2009-05-12, 11:50 AM

That's probably based on the "theory" that search engines like index.html pages.

Useless · 2009-05-12, 11:54 AM

The answer is really quite simple and it has nothing to do with SEO.

Different types of link list software. Some create pages with category names (big-tits.html), and others insert an index page inside a category directory (big-tits/index.html). One would prefer to have a root installation and not put their link list in a sub directory at all.

LD · 2009-05-12, 03:10 PM

Thanks for the answers...it doesn't seem to matter all that much. Useless, do you mean:

Code:

domain.com/bigtits.html?

might be best? That does seem logical (for some reason

)

Useless · 2009-05-12, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LusciousDelight

Thanks for the answers...it doesn't seem to matter all that much. Useless, do you mean:

Code:

domain.com/bigtits.html?

might be best? That does seem logical (for some reason

)

Pretty much, yes. It's best not to bury pages of value in sub directories if you can avoid it, and naming your pages with keyword phrases is a positive SEO move as well.

asianslave · 2009-05-12, 05:07 PM

I mix it up across domains; some months google likes subdirectory index pages, eg.
domain.com/big-tits/index.html (or rather the URL that you would link to would be domain.com/big-tits/ - better to leave off the index.html part).

other months they tweak the algo and like
domains.com/big-tits.html

So if you've got a mix across both domains it might help even out your total traffic over time in some small way.

btw Matt Cutts is on record saying that G does better when words in urls are separated by a hyphen (eg. big-tits vs bigtits), but that was some time ago.

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LD wtfwjd? Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,103	Google/SEs and linklist category pages... I noticed that linklist with seperate category pages usually have something like: Code: domain.com/linklistdirectory/asian.html and a different html page for each cat. but some have Code: domain.com/asiandirectory/index.html putting an index page inside folders created for each category. Is there an advantage to one or the other...does an index page get any special treatment? Just wondering... __________________ Artisteer Wordpress Theme Generator Create Custom Themes! My Little Network

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teenrave You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try' Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 169	The url has a certain weight I'm not sure that an index page has any weight. But you do want keywords in your url. __________________ Teen Rave

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Useless Certified Nice Person Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Dirty Undies, NY Posts: 11,268	The answer is really quite simple and it has nothing to do with SEO. Different types of link list software. Some create pages with category names (big-tits.html), and others insert an index page inside a category directory (big-tits/index.html). One would prefer to have a root installation and not put their link list in a sub directory at all. __________________ Click here to purchase a bridge I'm selling.

2009-05-12, 03:10 PM	#5
LD wtfwjd? Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,103	Thanks for the answers...it doesn't seem to matter all that much. Useless, do you mean: Code: domain.com/bigtits.html? might be best? That does seem logical (for some reason ) __________________ Artisteer Wordpress Theme Generator Create Custom Themes! My Little Network

2009-05-12, 05:07 PM	#7
asianslave Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 28	I mix it up across domains; some months google likes subdirectory index pages, eg. domain.com/big-tits/index.html (or rather the URL that you would link to would be domain.com/big-tits/ - better to leave off the index.html part). other months they tweak the algo and like domains.com/big-tits.html So if you've got a mix across both domains it might help even out your total traffic over time in some small way. btw Matt Cutts is on record saying that G does better when words in urls are separated by a hyphen (eg. big-tits vs bigtits), but that was some time ago.