Site Structure / Keywords

[bensdbensd is verified member.]

I am developing a greece holidays website and wondering about site structure.

Which would be best?

1.
site.co.uk/corfu/corfu-holidays/
site.co.uk/corfu/corfu-hotels/
site.co.uk/corfu/corfu-flights/

2.
site.co.uk/corfu/holidays/
site.co.uk/corfu/hotels/
site.co.uk/corfu/flights/

3.
site.co.uk/corfu-holidays/
site.co.uk/corfu-hotels/
site.co.uk/corfu-flights/

TIA

 

[fish]

always 3 in my book

 

[orchardapple]

i'd say option 1 as it give another keyword in the url

Fish - any reason for option 3

 

[wbwb is verified member.]

Number two for me as it's the logical structure.

 

[boxfish]

Number two for me as it's the logical structure.

That's the one I would use too.

Not sure if it is 'the best' but it makes more sense to me and would be easier to use and navigate if the site got anywhere near a largish size.

 

[360360]

3. For me as well, simple and straight forward site structure to me wins every time.

 

[jwm]

Number 2 for me also as it lets you silo build around site.co.uk/corfu/

 

[Ashton]

Number two for me as it's the logical structure.

100% Number 2,

Users will remove the last bit to go to the 'corfu' page.

 

[Maccke]

I recommend #2 before #3, and #1 third.

This is the most natural, and enough keywords is included. At the same time, it's short enough. But I guess it depends on how you build the rest of the site structure as well - such as the menu, internal linking etc.

 

[philiporchardphiliporchard is verified member.]

I think No.2, as seems most natural...

Not sure if there is a preference for SEO purposes...

Interesting, if you search on Google for say 'Plumbers in Cardiff', one of the top results is Freeindex, and this is their URL:

freeindex.co.uk/cardiff-plumbers.htm

According to the second model, this should be:
freeindex.co.uk/cardiff/plumbers/

They have gone with option 3, and brings them in very high in G, although there are many other factors affecting this apart from the site structure/URL.

 

[julian]

2.

1. is spammy and everflux don't like going too deep..

I am developing a greece holidays website and wondering about site structure.

Which would be best?

1.
site.co.uk/corfu/corfu-holidays/
site.co.uk/corfu/corfu-hotels/
site.co.uk/corfu/corfu-flights/

2.
site.co.uk/corfu/holidays/
site.co.uk/corfu/hotels/
site.co.uk/corfu/flights/

3.
site.co.uk/corfu-holidays/
site.co.uk/corfu-hotels/
site.co.uk/corfu-flights/

TIA

 

[bensdbensd is verified member.]

Thanks for all of the replies, that's really helpful.

I started off building the site with method #1. The site isn't finished however, it has been indexed - should I change the page structure and put some redirects in place?

I would assume because the site is new and doesn't have any links or page rank in place it wouldn't make much difference in the eyes of the search engines?

 

[Ashton]

Thanks for all of the replies, that's really helpful.

I started off building the site with method #1. The site isn't finished however, it has been indexed - should I change the page structure and put some redirects in place?

I would assume because the site is new and doesn't have any links or page rank in place it wouldn't make much difference in the eyes of the search engines?

Nope, change it now before going further and giving them more value

From both a user and google perspective - 2 is the one to go for.

There is a google web master help vid about it somewhere.

 

[EdwinEdwin is verified member.]

#2, and set up the breadcrumbs to match.

 

[theonemanyuri]

#2 is how I structure my own sites for the previously mentioned reasons, but #3 also has merits I suppose. Ditch #1 for sure. I use the rule of thumb that nothing should be more than 2 clicks from the home page and the home page is never more than a click away

 

[retired_member33]

Interesting one.

Have been thinking about this for a while and trying to come up with a good structure for my voucher website which is build on a brand and not on an exact match domain.

Say I would want to rank for the term "Argos discount codes" what do you guys think would work best?

1. http://www.mywebsitename.com/argos-discount-codes
2. http://www.mywebsitename.com/discount-codes/argos
3. http://www.mywebsitename.com/argos/discount-codes

 

[wbwb is verified member.]

Say I would want to rank for the term "Argos discount codes" what do you guys think would work best?

1. http://www.mywebsitename.com/argos-discount-codes
2. http://www.mywebsitename.com/discount-codes/argos
3. http://www.mywebsitename.com/argos/discount-codes

Is the website just offering discount codes? Or will it also be listing offers, sales etc?

If the former, I would probably opt for just...

http://www.mywebsitename.com/argos.co.uk

Or if the latter...

http://www.mywebsitename.com/discounts/argos.co.uk

Then you can use category variations for the other sections, e.g...

http://www.mywebsitename.com/offers/argos.co.uk

 

[retired_member33]

Is the website just offering discount codes? Or will it also be listing offers, sales etc?

If the former, I would probably opt for just...

It would only be offering argos discount codes.

Basically I was planning to look at Google Instant to see what is being suggested and most searched for and try to target this

So for Argos this would be discount codes and for for another merchant this could be voucher codes or discount vouchers.

So perhaps this structure would be best?

http://www.mywebsitename.com/argos-discount-codes
http://www.mywebsitename.com/merchantX-discount-vouchers
http://www.mywebsitename.com/merchantxx-promo-codes

Or would a site structure like this be more suited?

http://www.mywebsitename.com/merchantname.co.uk