Categories VS sub Categories for SEO

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by learn2success, May 1, 2012.

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  1. #1
    Hi Guys,
    I need advice on thefollowing categories option which is good for SEO Option 1 or Option 2

    Option 1:
    Learn English [ maincategory]
    Learn Englishgrammar [ main category]
    Learn EnglishVocabulary [ main category]
    Learn English tenses[ main category]

    Option 2:
    Learn English [ maincategory]
    Learn Englishgrammar [ sub category - under Learn English]
    Learn EnglishVocabulary [ sub category - under Learn English]
    Learn English tenses[ sub category - under Learn English]

    Which option is goodfor SEO in a long run.

    Please help me tostructure my site.

    Much Appreciatedyour time and responses.

    Best Regards,
    NJ
     
    learn2success, May 1, 2012 IP
  2. AllenRobinson

    AllenRobinson Guest

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    As per my conception - I think the Option#2 is the best for long running SEO. As you have mentioned the topic - Learn English is the Mother Topic and others can be described under the Mother topic. As because grammar, vocabulary, tenses etc - are all the part of English language. So that you can distribute these child topic under the main Mother Topic. And thus you can help in your Onpage SEO as well. plus while you will be doing Directory submission - at that time choosing the category and the sub-categories does make sense. Hope this helps.
     
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  3. learn2success

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    Thanks Allen Robinson, Much appreciated your response.
     
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  4. learn2success

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    one more Question to add:
    if I delete some of my categories which were created in a first place, whether it will heart my SEO strategy ?
    coz in re-structuring the categories i might have to delete some.
     
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  5. Mary Ellis

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    option 2 is good for seo in long run..
     
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    wordpecker Well-Known Member

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    It will affect your site health to some extent. Wordpress by default redirects old permalinks to new one. You can delete old categories and install redirect plugins for a 301 or 302 redirect. Redirect old categories to new ones. Nothing will be lost. BTW, second option is better I guess.
     
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  7. Devitor

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    Good question, its about time someone asked about something that didn't involve the title "what is pagerank?" or "what is Google panda?"...

    As for question, if it were my site, I would opt for option number 2. Not only do I think it is better for SEO, it is better for the users. Something to note though, try not to get more then 3 categories deep. The less depth the easier to crawl, so try to find that crucial balance between how deep the links are and how well organized the site is.
     
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