What is the impact of the URL restructuring of the sub pages for a website?
If I start restructuring the URL for a certain sub page then implement it again to other pages, taking all the parameters off the URL and convert them instead into somewhat like a directory structure, how would that benefit the site in getting indexed?
for example (this is an example URL structure of a sub category page and with a list of items until page 10 or more and this example is in page 2 of the items in a sub category)
right now it is like"http://www.theexsamplewebsite.com/subcat/690/Automobile-Navigators?mfgid=0&spec1=&spec2=&sort=popular&pg=2 "
then planning to be converted to "http://www.theexsamplewebsite.com/subcat/690/Automobile-Navigators/mfgid/0/spec1/0/spec2/0/sort/popular/pg/2"
what is not clear yet is how to restructure the URL better.
Currently planning to drop the keyword subcat from the URL
then rearrange the parameters to virtual directory accordingly.
You can answer my question "how would that benefit the site in getting indexed?" and give me suggestions about a good URL structure.
Hoping to get some response. Thanks! PR on the existing page will be lost. And a new page PR will be 0. I used to do like this in the past and now the PR come again but must be patient. Quote: Originally Posted by Sensual chocolate What is the impact of the URL restructuring of the sub pages for a website?
If I start restructuring the URL for a certain sub page then implement it again to other pages, taking all the parameters off the URL and convert them instead into somewhat like a directory structure, how would that benefit the site in getting indexed?
for example (this is an example URL structure of a sub category page and with a list of items until page 10 or more and this example is in page 2 of the items in a sub category)
right now it is like"http://www.theexsamplewebsite.com/subcat/690/Automobile-Navigators?mfgid=0&spec1=&spec2=&sort=popular&pg=2 "
then planning to be converted to "http://www.theexsamplewebsite.com/subcat/690/Automobile-Navigators/mfgid/0/spec1/0/spec2/0/sort/popular/pg/2"
what is not clear yet is how to restructure the URL better.
Currently planning to drop the keyword subcat from the URL
then rearrange the parameters to virtual directory accordingly.
You can answer my question "how would that benefit the site in getting indexed?" and give me suggestions about a good URL structure.
Hoping to get some response. Thanks! Before doing that, have you souped up your page titles and built any quality back links to the pages? This may help with indexing and the URL structure you are proposing.. I guess I would need to see the site. If you are seeing duplicated content as a result of URL structure though, you should do something!
Typically, the deeper the crawler goes the less likely the page is to be indexed, but you probably already knew that I have experienced it and i lost my pagerank for removing a page and replacing it after some days. I suggest you to don't change structure of your links. Its my experience and i am sure about what i am saying. Quote: Originally Posted by highseo I have experienced it and i lost my pagerank for removing a page and replacing it after some days. I suggest you to don't change structure of your links. Its my experience and i am sure about what i am saying. I'm with you. Especially if you don't have a huge number of pages not being indexed, or duplicate content being served, because of the current structure Gaaahhh! Stop fussing over pagerank!
If you restructure your website, and do 301 redirects properly, then the new page locations will recieve the same search attention as the old ones.
Pagerank only updates once in a Blue Moon, search relevancy updates in the blink of an eye. Quote: Originally Posted by createdevelop Gaaahhh! Stop fussing over pagerank!
If you restructure your website, and do 301 redirects properly, then the new page locations will recieve the same search attention as the old ones.
Pagerank only updates once in a Blue Moon, search relevancy updates in the blink of an eye. So here is my question, if I restructure most of the pages in my site which is hundreds of pages becasue my site is an e commerce site selling pc, printers etc, how will it impact my site? would you suggest me to restructure my site only because I wanted to shorten urls in my site for every product and remove some subcategories?
If you want I can pm you my site that Im talking about so you guys can suggest what to do. just reply here if you want to know my sites url and I'll pm you so you guys can look at it. Sure, why not.
Most eCommerce stores will actually allow both the restructured URLs and the old ones and use the canonical tag to tell the search engines which one is the real deal. I will recommend to use 301 redirect with your htaccess file. Before going wild and change hundred pages, try to test a few pages to check how it works for you and the search engines.
Changing many pages at once could be very critical for an e-commerce, and you could lose orders if is not properly targeted.
Going slow is better than going too fast proper using of 301 redirect restructuring of meta data, tags. I think for my experience, you cant have hardly to get indexed.
If I start restructuring the URL for a certain sub page then implement it again to other pages, taking all the parameters off the URL and convert them instead into somewhat like a directory structure, how would that benefit the site in getting indexed?
for example (this is an example URL structure of a sub category page and with a list of items until page 10 or more and this example is in page 2 of the items in a sub category)
right now it is like"http://www.theexsamplewebsite.com/subcat/690/Automobile-Navigators?mfgid=0&spec1=&spec2=&sort=popular&pg=2 "
then planning to be converted to "http://www.theexsamplewebsite.com/subcat/690/Automobile-Navigators/mfgid/0/spec1/0/spec2/0/sort/popular/pg/2"
what is not clear yet is how to restructure the URL better.
Currently planning to drop the keyword subcat from the URL
then rearrange the parameters to virtual directory accordingly.
You can answer my question "how would that benefit the site in getting indexed?" and give me suggestions about a good URL structure.
Hoping to get some response. Thanks! PR on the existing page will be lost. And a new page PR will be 0. I used to do like this in the past and now the PR come again but must be patient. Quote: Originally Posted by Sensual chocolate What is the impact of the URL restructuring of the sub pages for a website?
If I start restructuring the URL for a certain sub page then implement it again to other pages, taking all the parameters off the URL and convert them instead into somewhat like a directory structure, how would that benefit the site in getting indexed?
for example (this is an example URL structure of a sub category page and with a list of items until page 10 or more and this example is in page 2 of the items in a sub category)
right now it is like"http://www.theexsamplewebsite.com/subcat/690/Automobile-Navigators?mfgid=0&spec1=&spec2=&sort=popular&pg=2 "
then planning to be converted to "http://www.theexsamplewebsite.com/subcat/690/Automobile-Navigators/mfgid/0/spec1/0/spec2/0/sort/popular/pg/2"
what is not clear yet is how to restructure the URL better.
Currently planning to drop the keyword subcat from the URL
then rearrange the parameters to virtual directory accordingly.
You can answer my question "how would that benefit the site in getting indexed?" and give me suggestions about a good URL structure.
Hoping to get some response. Thanks! Before doing that, have you souped up your page titles and built any quality back links to the pages? This may help with indexing and the URL structure you are proposing.. I guess I would need to see the site. If you are seeing duplicated content as a result of URL structure though, you should do something!
Typically, the deeper the crawler goes the less likely the page is to be indexed, but you probably already knew that I have experienced it and i lost my pagerank for removing a page and replacing it after some days. I suggest you to don't change structure of your links. Its my experience and i am sure about what i am saying. Quote: Originally Posted by highseo I have experienced it and i lost my pagerank for removing a page and replacing it after some days. I suggest you to don't change structure of your links. Its my experience and i am sure about what i am saying. I'm with you. Especially if you don't have a huge number of pages not being indexed, or duplicate content being served, because of the current structure Gaaahhh! Stop fussing over pagerank!
If you restructure your website, and do 301 redirects properly, then the new page locations will recieve the same search attention as the old ones.
Pagerank only updates once in a Blue Moon, search relevancy updates in the blink of an eye. Quote: Originally Posted by createdevelop Gaaahhh! Stop fussing over pagerank!
If you restructure your website, and do 301 redirects properly, then the new page locations will recieve the same search attention as the old ones.
Pagerank only updates once in a Blue Moon, search relevancy updates in the blink of an eye. So here is my question, if I restructure most of the pages in my site which is hundreds of pages becasue my site is an e commerce site selling pc, printers etc, how will it impact my site? would you suggest me to restructure my site only because I wanted to shorten urls in my site for every product and remove some subcategories?
If you want I can pm you my site that Im talking about so you guys can suggest what to do. just reply here if you want to know my sites url and I'll pm you so you guys can look at it. Sure, why not.
Most eCommerce stores will actually allow both the restructured URLs and the old ones and use the canonical tag to tell the search engines which one is the real deal. I will recommend to use 301 redirect with your htaccess file. Before going wild and change hundred pages, try to test a few pages to check how it works for you and the search engines.
Changing many pages at once could be very critical for an e-commerce, and you could lose orders if is not properly targeted.
Going slow is better than going too fast proper using of 301 redirect restructuring of meta data, tags. I think for my experience, you cant have hardly to get indexed.