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Google SEO: folders mean more than files?

creating folders rather than files

         

dailypress

5:16 pm on Oct 24, 2007 (gmt 0)

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Would it make sense to create folders (i.e. /keyword1-keyword2/index.htm) rather than files (i.e. keyword1-keyword2.html) to rank better in search results?

tedster

9:19 pm on Oct 24, 2007 (gmt 0)

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That's an old trick that used to work on some dead-and-gone search engines, but I don't see it as helping on Google. Now if you have a directory with many pages in it, that's another story.

londrum

9:24 pm on Oct 24, 2007 (gmt 0)

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it might help if you're into tagging and microformats.
because the last word in the url acts as the tag. it doesn't apply if it's got a file extension on the end though.

vivalasvegas

9:29 pm on Oct 24, 2007 (gmt 0)

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Don't know about ranking better but it's a good way to avoid changing urls in the future in case you decide to change file extensions.