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Hi BBuck,

I think I understand what you're saying, and there are 2 separate issues that I see you've brought up

First, while there's nothing necessarily wrong with distributing navigation the way you've described, I find from a UX (user experience) standpoint that this is best avoided. Aside from that, I'm unaware of any reason it would be a bad practice.

As for the URL issue you mention in the second paragraph, that can be taken care of with 301 redirects / rewrites. Basically, take this example: I have a page that's www.example.com/familiar/general/specific, but I don't want such a long URL. Using 301 redirects and rewrites, I would have the page stay the same, but the end of the URL could be whatever I want, like www.example.com/specific. If you're unfamiliar with how that works, I suggest either hiring a developer to do it (which would take a few seconds per page), or finding a quick tutorial if you have access to your website's back-end.

I hope that helps you!

Hi Robert,

If you go to your profile: http://moz.com/community/users/3868035, you'll see an "Edit" button a bit to the right of your profile picture. When you click that button, you'll be taken to the "edit" view of your profile, where you'll see fields where you can tie your social accounts to Moz.

You'll see icons for Twitter, Google+, Facebook, and LinkedIn. From here, all you need to do is add your +example into the field associated with Google+. If you don't know your +example name, you can open your Google+ page and find it in the URL. What you need to enter is what comes after (and including) the + in the URL.

I hope that's been helpful Robert, cheers!

Hi Stephanie,

Are you sure you put the right part of the URL in the field?

Let's say your page's full url is: https://www.facebook.com/example123. You only want to type example123 into the field that Moz provides for you to track the page.

If that's not the issue, then at what point does Moz give you that message, and what's the text of the message specifically? That will go a long way toward helping you solve this problem.

Cheers!

Prashant,

You could be told many different things depending on who you ask, but I'd say from my experience working at a company that makes websites, the answer is that there is no definitive answer.

That being said, there ARE helpful tips I can give you:

• "How many links?" is a less important question than "What kind of links?" Consider the position of each page in regard to where it is in your sales funnel (if at all). The closer to the bottom of the funnel (bottom = conversion), the more straightforward your navigation and direction should be. For instance, you wouldn't put a link to your "About Us" page on a landing page or contact form, because it directs traffic away from conversion and the flow of your site.
• The modern design tends toward simplicity - which means that while it's not necessarily a problem to have so many links, it will be confusing to your customers and lead people away from the content they were initially searching for. People are inattentive and fickle, so you want to guide them.
• Links need to fit logically with the content. If a page is about a service X, don't link to service Y unless it relates to service X, and you write your content in a way that makes sense.

I hope that's helpful for you!