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    • BlueprintMarketing
      BlueprintMarketing @alifeofjoy last edited by

      I would definitely take a handful and make them the main category pages that you suggested, in the beginning, we really don't have anything to lose if you keep the subcategories however I would like to map out the site it would make it a lot clearer

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      • Aashish2020
        Aashish2020 last edited by

        I'm also looking for the same answer. I'm working on one niche store. And now want to go for macro website. You can see my store by click.

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        • BlueprintMarketing
          BlueprintMarketing @Aashish2020 last edited by

          I will be happy to help in 1 hour

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          • BlueprintMarketing
            BlueprintMarketing @Aashish2020 last edited by

            The link that you had created goes to a gateway page? I can see you at the bottom you show that there is the ability to purchase the shoe however there’s no way for me to actually purchase it. I don’t know if you want that or not?

            without seeing the entire site I can only give you advice on the side that you have shared with me. It would not affect your site to add categories based on the website where it says you can see my store by “click“

            What you have already created could be used as categories if you were going to sell the product generally a category page in e-commerce is not a comparison but your content is very thorough & useful I would incorporate it into the main e-commerce site

            https://www.searchenginejournal.com/technical-seo/url-structure/

            https://yoast.com/video/ask-yoast-order-of-categories-and-subcategories-in-urls/

            (this video might seem like it’s not very helpful but it does bring one very important thing into account. Don’t make redirects if you don’t have to. and if you have to make sure you do them page to page

            so if you have a list of URLs and in this example: D is the final URL the one that you want every page to go to. (The other letters represent any other relevant pages that need to be redirected to The final URL D)

            never link URLs like this  A to B to C to D

            all 301s Should be lined up like spreadsheet columns (but the spreadsheet should have a maximum of two columns) were the last URL/final URL is pointed to directly like below

            • A to D
            • then
            • B to D
            • then
            • C to D

            The final URL again is D

            then line them up like a spreadsheet but never more than one redirect. Unless you can’t help it.

            https://moz.com/blog/15-seo-best-practices-for-structuring-urls

            https://moz.com/learn/seo/url

            bigger photographs below (and the links are examples of awful URLs.)

            • https://9c93f9579e3f41fd4e9c-0310e6d68b80e24ea2ff21e1b495e94b.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/6ED12A91-BF22-4D6E-B21F-ED423E7626A5.png
            • https://9c93f9579e3f41fd4e9c-0310e6d68b80e24ea2ff21e1b495e94b.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/F50795AA-FF5F-42B1-B3D2-72F19432D9B9.gif
            • Hope this helps,

            Tom

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            • talhashaikh19
              talhashaikh19 last edited by

              Hi,

              I didn't get your question, If you want to see an example of micro niche sites to decide you can check the boxing gloves related blog of me in which i cover some keywords but only in one category

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              • phungvitieubao
                phungvitieubao last edited by

                Well in this case, you should use silo structure, Silo will not only helps users but also help search engine to better understand your website structure. and using silo your website will get a huge boost in rankings. This website TenRater is using Silo Structure. They're Ranking on some high volume Keywords without links.

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                • BlueprintMarketing
                  BlueprintMarketing last edited by

                  I agree with the Silo Structure for blogs & e-commerce it works well when done the right way.

                  I like  Patrick Stox & agree with a lot of what he said about blogs but for the most part the deeper the page the less chance to rank th is why he is saying interlinking is so important  for this to work.  Look at your site depth & you will see what I am talking about.

                  he is right about the home page n being the main start for everything but you must interlink

                  • https://searchengineland.com/everything-not-blog-post-start-using-silos-242508
                  • https://www.bruceclay.com/seo/silo/

                  a silo might require you almost remake your website.

                  • https://www.brightedge.com/blog/content-silo-seo
                  • https://backlinko.com/ecommerce-seo
                  • https://ahrefs.com/blog/ecommerce-seo/
                  • https://www.searchenginejournal.com/technical-seo/url-structure/
                  • https://moz.com/blog/15-seo-best-practices-for-structuring-urls

                  Hope this helps,

                  Tom

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                  • Junior484
                    Junior484 last edited by

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                    • BlueprintMarketing
                      BlueprintMarketing @Junior484 last edited by

                      Sure can you tell me a bit more about what you want to do?

                      all the best,

                      Tom

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                      • hafixalimi
                        hafixalimi last edited by

                        Hi There Hope you are doing well. I Started My site and Working on this Site's best laptop buyer's Guide. and with Google update, this is going down. Then I Just publish Quality Content and it ranked Again. With No backlinks.

                        Thanks

                        Raisaleem.

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                        • Jioewbvu
                          Jioewbvu last edited by

                          if a visitor is already browsing through your product listing pages, it means that they’re interested in your online store. So this is where you lead them to product pages and persuade them to buy.

                          With minor improvements, you can start driving more visitors to your product pages and increase your conversions.

                          Here are the seven best strategies you can use to optimize your product listing pages, and why they’re so effective.

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