Should you use directories within links?

"/companies/widget-king.html" -VS- "/widget-king.html"

[HyperGeek]

PRODUCT PAGE: widgets.html
COMPANY PAGE: widget-king.html

Which, in your opinion, is the best choice? A or B?

a) www.widgetweb.com/products/widgets.html
www.widgetweb.com/company/widget-king.html

b) www.widgetweb.com/widget-king/products/widgets.html
www.widgetweb.com/widget-king/index.html

c) www.widgetweb.com/widgets.html
www.widgetweb.com/widget-king.html

You would think that "C" gets indexed faster. But, keep in mind that you may have 50+ company and 150+ product pages to get indexed - so that root directory may get a bit unruly with that amount of pages in it.

[jamesa]

You would think that "C" gets indexed faster

Actually I think it's the linking structure that determines the depth, not the directory structure. So I'd put index.html files in the directories and link using these in the hrefs:

www.widgetweb.com/products/
www.widgetweb.com/company/

[2_much]

Even if it gets difficult, I always prefer keeping them in the root directory. So I would suggest C.