Moving all pages to root?

Should I move all my sites pages to root of the domain?

[juaniquillo]

I'm thinking on moving over 7,000 google indexed pages from www.mysite.com/forums/ to www.mysite.com/

Do you guys think it is a smart move?

[Brett_Tabke]

You won't see a dramatic increase.

[aus_dave]

One of my 'star' pages that ranks very well for its keywords is in a sub-directory. I agree with Brett on this one ;).

If you have reasons to move these pages other than to improve search engine rankings then that's another matter entirely.

Nearly forgot - welcome to WebmasterWorld! :)

[edited by: aus_dave at 11:36 am (utc) on Mar. 23, 2003]

[Nick_W]

From what I've seen there is nothing to be gained by this. A logical structure is probably better.

It's about linking not directory level so as the others said, if it makes sense do it, if it's purely for SEO reasons, don't bother.

Nick