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Charles Heflin · Administrator Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 337

I am currently working on a tutorial for using DRUPAL as a solution for building SILO'd sites.

I see this as a priority over RNW (Rapid Niche Websites) so my coverage of RNW will be put on delay as I see this "free" solution as more important.

Charles

Charles Heflin · Administrator Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 337

After a phone conversation with Russell, Jasper Kooij is working on a tutorial to create silo-d sites using the free Drupal software.

Once I get it, I will add my take on it and it will be made available to members of SEO 20/20.

The exact date of the release of this tutorial is still to be determined.

I will let everyone know the moment this is done.

Charles

Dave P · Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:42 pm Post subject: Silo bottoms

Russell,

Where do you put links to buy affiliate products in the silo? At the very bottom? I currently have a gardening site that I restructured and at the bottom (2 folders below the top domain), I put links, photos to my affiliate account.

Example: Plant -> Flower -> White flower (links are here)

How does this match up with the silo structure philosophy?

Steve-O · SEO Yellow Belt Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 31

themezoom · Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:19 pm Post subject:

Hi Dave,

Good question.

Again this depends.

Bottom of Silo is ideal, yes.

But please remember not to go silo crazy.

A link or two off your page after indexing is NOT going to kill you.

On the other hand, I like the idea of creating your OWN sales pages within your silo structure that support your theme . . . and link off to affiliate URL's from those pages.

Charles and I will discuss more of these issues at a later time, but it really depends if the Affiliate product is your FOCUS or if it one of MANY affilaite products in your portal. ( i.e. like context cash, etc). <---- not a recomendation to buy context cash- which tends to bleed theme relevance with almost never enough return on investment. However I can see using context cash or carefull placed affiliate links dcwn at the bottom of the silo post-indexing.

- Russell

jeremy · SEO Green Belt Joined: 18 May 2006 Posts: 142

Should we be concerned with theme density in a silo.

If I have 10 or 20 articles in a silo and they all cross link
to each other this will increase the keyword density.

Thanks,

Jeremy

JoeCool · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:17 pm Post subject:

Ahri22 · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:27 pm Post subject: Re: Silo bottoms

themezoom · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:19 pm Post subject: Joe Cool

Joe Cool,

Yes.

Can you please look into this with me and Charles.

I use semiologic pro and have been tweaking a way to silo using Denis's SP (wordpress) issue.

Will you give me a brief summary of this software and how yoiu have used it to create a Silo structure?

If you have not yet done this- I can get a staff member to take a peek at it.

There are pros and cons about wordpress. But mostly pros.

e-mail me at russell@themezoom.com for more details. I can work with you- or let Charles take a look at the issue. I do not OWN the software- but will back-engineer it for silo-friendly functionality if Charles hs not already.

- Russell

jeremy · SEO Green Belt Joined: 18 May 2006 Posts: 142

Hi Russel and Charles,

I build my sites using a template I buy and
I use it with FP 2003. It has a spot for adsense
in the upper left css.

I just copy and paste my articles in and do the
internal linking myself.

Will I be able to use fp 2003 with your silo-ed website
creator or will I need to get Rapid Niche Builder.

Or maybe better your software will have a built in html
editor and ftp.

Jeremy

P.S. Everything being created in themezoom
and the software, pretty amazing. Very Happy