Linking across categories
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On a website when I link across in the same category should all the categories all pear on each page.
Let's say I have 6 categories and 6 pages should I have the 6 links on all the pages ( such as A, B, C, D, E, on page 1 ( let's imagine this page is page F ), then on page A have link B, C D, E, F and so on for the 6 pages ( meaning all the links appear on all the pages across the category )
or should i just have let's say 3 links on page 1 ( link A, B, C ) , then link ( D, E, F ) on page 2, then A, E, F on page 3, link B, C F on page 4 and so on... ( which means that i vary the links that appear and that it is naturally ( at least I think ) going to boost the link that appears the most of the 6 pages ?
I hope this is not too confusing,
Thank you,
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Why don't you private message me your URL and I will take a look for you
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Davinina,
Thank you for your reply. One more thing, I am trying to understand what you mean when you say " have these links as part of the navigation, or a sub-navigation " and " a navigation that includes all of the links "
I am not sure I understand the difference, could you give me an example because to me this is exactly the same...
Thank you,
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If you have these links as part of the navigation, or a sub-navigation then search engines are going to be smart enough to know that this is navigational and not an attempt to manipulate results. So include all of the 6 links on all 6 categories.
If you have a navigation that includes all of the links and then you are adding additional links to the body copy of the page then it would be a good idea to be mindful of what you are including. My favorite approach to this is to have a paragraph of permanent text with links going to the other pages (2-3 max). The link will be near words that are relevant and makes sense to a user (because don't forget its best to write for humans before search engines).
Just be mindful that this is only one activity, to boost rankings you need to build quality external links to each of the 6 category pages as well as implement on-page SEO copy.
Good luck,
Davinia
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