Pseudo Directories - Do They Really Increase Page Ranking And Keep You Organized

In This Article you will learn about Pseudo Directories, a
simple tool that will not only keep you organized but when used
properly can actually increase your ranking points because you
will have file names that are extremely optimized for the Page
Ranking Bots.

Conventional Wisdom states you should use Sub-Directories to
organize your web Pages. Unfortunately the Page Indexing Tools
Penalize your Page Rankings when you Do this, Many of the Page
Ranking Algorithms in use today deem that pages close to your
Root are of a Higher Value then pages that are further away
from your root. If you have 2 Web Pages with the Exact same
content (web1.html and web2.html)
http://yourdomain.com/web1.html and
http://yourdomain.com/articles/training/web2.html

All things being equal Web1.html will have a higher ranking
then Web2.html because Web1.html is in the Root Directory and
Web2 is in a Sub Directory.

As a Web Designer or a Home Based Business owner wearing a Web
Designer Hat it seems you have 2 Choices, do what seems right
and in many ways best and use a Pretty Directory Structure and
Loose Ranking points or Throw out the Directory Structure and
Gain Ranking Points. Many People Choose the Directory structure
either because they don't know about the page Ranking Algorithms
or they feel a strong need to be organized and are willing to
sacrifice ranking points.

Pseudo Directories are the Best of Both Worlds. They allow you
to keep your Directory organized and not loose ranking points.
In fact by using meaningful names for your Pseudo Directories
you can actually gain Ranking Points.

A quick lesson on File Naming if you have 3 Web Pages with
identical content and they are named page1.html,bathroom.html
and Home-Repair-Bathroom.html which file do you think will have
the Lowest ranking and The Highest Ranking for the phrase
"Bathroom repair". Page1.html will be lowest ranked and
Home-Repair-Bathroom.html will be the highest rank.

The Pseudo Directory takes advantage of this page naming
structure to allow you to organize your Web Pages and still
maximize your page ranking.

As an Example you have a Web Page that is Promoting products
and Services to Homeowners and Would be Homeowners. You want to
build some content rich web pages using articles that you find
and Reprint. Using Conventional Methods you would have a
Directory Structure that looks like

root/articles/Home-Loan/file.html,
root/articles/Home-Repair/file.html and
root/articles/Home-Selling/file.html etc.

With the Pseudo Directory method you keep all your files in the
root Directory you just name them using the Optimal naming
rules. Now you would simply have Pseudo Directories named

Home-Loan
Home-Repair
Home-Selling

So An Article on Roof Repair would be named
home-repair-roof.html Similarly and article on Kitchen Repair
would be named Home-Repair-Kitchens.html and on Bathroom repair
would be named Home-Repair-Bathrooms.html. An Article on FHA
Loan Loans would be named Home-Loan-FHA.html and an Article on
how to sell your home by owner (FSBO) would be called
Home-Selling-FSBO.html

This next step is optional but it does have a few advantages
and will help increase your page rank even more. Create a Table
of Contents or Site Map for each Pseudo Directory. So continuing
with the above example create a Files called
Home-Loan-Contents.html - Links to all Home-Loan Files
Home-Repair-Contents.html - Links to all Home-Repair Files
Home-Selling-Contents.html - Links to all Home-Selling Files

Next (If you have more then 3 or 4 sub topics) Create a Page
called Home-Contents.html where you have links to
Home-Repair-contents.html and Home-Loan-contents.html and
Home-Selling-contents.html ...

Copyright © 2005-2006 Mike Makler

Source: http://www.ArticlePros.com/author.php?Mike Makler

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