Site Structure

[JulB]

I'm confused about the best way for seo to set up the site structure . i understand the examples of the pyramid diagrams and how link juice flows, however does this mean that global navigation is not good?  It appears the pyramid structure leads to the designated number of category pages (we'll use five) and they lead to the 5 content pages etc and some "superman pages" can be linked to from the home page but is this is global navigation or anchor text navigation and is gloval navigation acdeptable for content pages?  Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[RyanKent]

There are numerous approaches to the best SEO site structure. Some sites use a silo structure while others use a pyramid structure. A few basics:

• user's should ideally be able to reach any page on your site within a maximum of 4 clicks from the home page. The fewer clicks the better.

• your top content should ideally be available within 1 click of your home page. You can define your top content as your money page, the most popular pages, the newest pages, or as you deem fit.

• internal linking is highly recommended. It allows users to drill down and locate relevant information when desired. Internal linking also provides more links to your most popular topics.

Global navigation is fine, but you do not want to overdo it. If you have a 100 page site, you don't want to provide navigation with 100 links. Some pages are more important, while other pages are less important. The most important pages should be easily reachable.