Where should the link directory be?

[Eccus]

currently, my link directory is located as follows:
[mysite.com...]

Would it make a difference if my links are located at:
[mysite.com...]

Thanks for the advice...

[Oaf357]

I would go for the last option or mysite.com/links/

[nfinland]

If your links page is growing it could be vise to categorize it and have (lets say) 10-15 links per/page. In that case you might not want to have all the pages in the root!

I would go for http:*//www.mysite.com/static/links.html

Think before you do anything - there is no other thing (well maybe there is...) so disturbing than having to change an URL names or page structure when pages already are indexed and have a good ranking.

You could also think of the name of the links page. Could also be /sport_car_links.html if your links are about sport cars...

[edited by: paynt at 2:28 pm (utc) on May 3, 2003]
[edit reason] unlinking sample url [/edit]

[giles]

>I would go for http:*//www.mysite.com/static/links.html

But that's showing your internals to the visitor. What happens when you decide to change your site structure and the links page becomes dynamically generated? You'll need to change the URL. Or you change from using an html page to a php generated one. You've got to change the file name. Both of which will involve you in lot of cleaning up to prevent the dread 404 errors.

How about

http://www.example.com/links

If you're using something like Apache, then the web server can select either a links.html page in your document root or an index page in the links directory. No need to change the URL as your site grows or changes technology.

[edited by: paynt at 2:28 pm (utc) on May 3, 2003]
[edit reason] remove link from example [/edit]

[Marcia]

I'd put it in a /directory/ with a meaningful file name and optimize the page, if applicable and if it'll grow. But put something into the index page of the directory, don't leave it empty.

Work it into being part of your marketing strategy for the site if you can. I just did that with two /directories/ on a new site and they're both ranking high for the search terms right off the bat in a fairly competitive market.

There's no mystique to it and it isn't hard. It's just part of the marketing and optimization strategy for the site as a whole - particularly in the initial mapping out of the navigation, which is one of the foundational elements in SEO. Integrating the portion of the site with the links into the overall initial planning can and does enhance the rest of the site.

[topr8]

where it is in the site structure doesn't matter - but locate the links page in its own directory.

this way as it grows you can turn the link page into a series of links pages which would all be conveniently located in the links directory, even in the beginning think about several links pages, if not for thematic reason, just on numbers - people are more likely to exchange with a page that has fewer rather than many links.