URL question
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Hi guys, the pro campaign thing you got going is wicked, love it.
I'm recieving good results with my keywords and have noticed that categories that go beyond sub/sub/sub don't do to well.
So I wanna move those that do one step up which makes it go from:
http://spytunes.com/practice-guitar/advanced-routine/scales/aeolian
to here
http://spytunes.com/practice-guitar/advanced-routine/aeolian
The existing menu system that follow all these categories across the site will soon go so it won't be a user friendly problem, I will have other type of menus.
But, and here is the question:
Would I greatly benefit from taking the non existent menu away and just go for:
http://spytunes.com/practice-guitar/aeolian while i'm at it?
Or do I stick with my current structure?
I guess my real question is; how much is there to flat URLs?
Cheers
-dan lundholm
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That makes sense, it is important, but scales isn't so i'll just go for the one move up then.
Thanks for this.
-dan
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Hi Dan,
If advance routine is not either a) a viable keyword structure, or b) a logical hierarchy structure, then I see no reason on having it. If however, it is a keyword used for a logical category structure then you should.
Now looking at your site, I see little reason to change the structure.
http://spytunes.com/practice-guitar/beginner-routine/what-is-the-s-e-p-r
This URL string makes sense and is only three deep. Which pages are not doing well for you?
As far as indexing, your most important pages should be two clicks from the home page (recently discussed in the WBF).
Although moving them one step up will not hurt as long as you remember to 301 the pages as to not spill the link juice.
If a particular page is weak, then start building links to that page. Such as linking to those pages from blog post, tweets, facebook post, and other external link building.
I hope that helps
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