Hi Eduardo,

I have just tried to access the http://cursos.workea.org/sitemap.xml sitemap and it is coming up with a 404 error.

Are you sure that you have placed the sitemap in the root folder of the subdomain? Try deleting it from the server and then re-uploading it again.

Matt.

Hi Eduardo,

Do you have multiple sitemaps that are shown in an initial index? If so, it may be that there is a problem here.

Try just making the sitemap's name sitemap.xml, and making sure it is within the root domain folder. If this is already done then you will need to drop us a link to your sitemap to take a look,

Matt.

Apologies, typed that up wrong. Have updated above post.

My apologies. I would go with the following example in order to maintain a good SEO with your webpage headers and also a solid navigation:

Home page:

<header>

My PC Store

<nav>

• Desktop PC's

• Notebook & Tablets

• Multimedia

</nav>

</header>

Sub Page:

<header>

<nav>

Notebook & Tablets

*** Desktop PC's**

• Notebook & Tablets
  *** Multimedia**

</nav>

</header>

**<nav>

• Laptop
• Netbook
• Tablets / iPad </nav>**

Hope this helps.

Matt.

This is true if it is wrapped within JavaScript, so that the search engines cannot read it. However, if you use two separate navigation menus then you can negate this problem.

Also, if you were to code up the 'mega menu' style navigation with CSS3 then you could also avoid these crawling problems and make the navigation much more search-engine friendly.

In general, I try to avoid using sub-pages within site to extend navigation (unless it is completely different product areas or business verticals).

Matt.

Hi There,

I think I have got the jist of what you're trying to achieve.

What I would recommend is that you have links to Desktop PC's, Notebook & Tablets, Multimedia, Laptop, Netbook, Tablets / iPad directly from your homepage. The reason being that this will allow the search engines to crawl your webpages easier and the subcategory pages won't be so deep within the domain.

What I mean is that I would use either a drop down list, so that when the Notebook & Tablets is hovered over, the subcategories are then displayed below it. Alternatively, you could have a secondory naviagtion on the homepage, i.e. with an extensive drop-down list lower down or at the side of the webpage.

Great examples of this type of navigation can be found on: http://www.ebuyer.com or http://www.musicmatters.co.uk/shop.html (look at the secondary nav on the right for the Music Matters shop page.

I hope this helps.

Matt.

Hi,

Its hard to actually quantify the impact that that kind of change makes.

What we do know is that the closer your keywords are to the start of your wepage title, the more effective they are for your SEO. Also, if you are targetting the specific phrase 'Tours Nepal' then it would be more effective than 'Tours to Nepal'. However, if it is primarily the 'Nepals' keyword you want to rank best for then changing it to something like 'Nepal Tours' would be best.

Hope this helps.

Matt.