I have questions which involve website design and SEO. First, how is PR and SERPS generally affected in the case of links directory where: (a) the directory is the home page, i.e. www.sitename.com or (b) the directory is a sub page, i.e. wwwsitename.com/directory In other words which is a better design from an SEO standpoint and how detrimental is the second option? Also. Let's say a site has a twin usage. An example would be a site where at the home page you have a choice, such as: <-----user type a go here ~~~~~~~ user type b go here ----> then the traffic would split to the choices. This would of course make it hard to have relevant keywords, content, etc on the home page. How would this tend to affect the SEO charactoristics of the site. Any thoughts or discussions on either of these scenerios???? Thanks all.
If the site is going to have substantial conent other than the directory, i would make the directory a subdomain with lots of links back to the main domain.
The higher up in the heirarchy, the more important it is assumed to be. The higher the link on a page, the more important it is assumed to be (for the most part). If you are building a directory and you want to have it on the same domain as another site, you might consider putting it on a subdomain rather than a sub directory.
Thanks for the input. That format is what seemed to be the best choice before considering SEO as a factor.