Hi all...Just wondering about something. You know when you see a site, sat all high and mightly at position one...You know, someone who's really cracked it. Well I've noticed that some of those first position sites sit on a 'throne' of sub-links, as if all of their site navigation has been neatly indexed and laid out (without description) underneath the main domain. How does this happen? Why does it happen? How can I get that to happen to my site Regards Mark
Those sites most likely have other relevant information that the person may be searching for which Google has decided to bring to your attention. As far as I know, it's not something you can do, unless you have a lot of quality, relevant content. And even then, you still won't be able to (directly anyway).
What you refer to are called sitelinks. From Google Webmaster: "The links shown below some sites in our search results, called sitelinks, are meant to help users navigate your site. Our systems analyze the link structure of your site to find shortcuts that will save users time and allow them to quickly find the information they're looking for. We only show sitelinks for results when we think they'll be useful to the user. If the structure of your site doesn't allow our algorithms to find good sitelinks, or we don't think that the sitelinks for your site are relevant for the user's query, we won't show them. At the moment, sitelinks are completely automated. We're always working to improve our sitelinks algorithms, and we may incorporate webmaster input in the future."
Oh I know. I just happen to be one of those people who prefers plain conversational language when discussing topics such as this one. I've found that it helps people better understand what I'm trying to say (which in turn enables them to become more successful themselves). (Gah, I got your reply to the OP confused with a reply of yours to me in another thread. Sorry.)