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David
SEO White Belt
Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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 Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:40 am Post subject: Please clarify if this is right... |
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Hi Guys,
Would like to clarify something about linking from the bottom of the silo to the next related silo's top.
Example would be having a "Acne" silo, sub-silo of it is
"causes of acne"
"symptoms of acne"
"cure for acne"
let's say each of those sub-silos have 5 articles each.
At the end of the 5th article for "cause of acne", it links to the top sub-silo of "symptoms of acne".
I'm pretty sure I'm getting it right so far... now on to the main question...
what if there is now an additional 6th article in "causes of acne"? Does the linking change now to...
5th article now moves it link from "symptoms of acne" and links to 6th article and 6th article link to top sub-silo "symptoms of acne"?
Hope I've described it clear enough.
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Charles Heflin
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Joined: 16 May 2006
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:46 am Post subject: Re: Please clarify if this is right... |
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| David wrote: | Hi Guys,
Would like to clarify something about linking from the bottom of the silo to the next related silo's top.
Example would be having a "Acne" silo, sub-silo of it is
"causes of acne"
"symptoms of acne"
"cure for acne"
let's say each of those sub-silos have 5 articles each.
At the end of the 5th article for "cause of acne", it links to the top sub-silo of "symptoms of acne".
I'm pretty sure I'm getting it right so far... now on to the main question...
what if there is now an additional 6th article in "causes of acne"? Does the linking change now to...
5th article now moves it link from "symptoms of acne" and links to 6th article and 6th article link to top sub-silo "symptoms of acne"?
Hope I've described it clear enough.
David. |
All of this is explained in great detail in The Master Plan but to make everything more clear for now...
Acne is your silo and all folders/directories/or virtual directories that fall under the silo "acne" are "sub-themes" of the silo "acne" and are not silos themselves.
Link all of your sub-themes and sub-sub-themes from the bottom of each article (in each sub-theme) to the top of the next sub-theme. This will strengthen the theming of ach sub-theme and also strengthen your overall SILO of "acne".
Does this make sense?
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Dave P
SEO White Belt
Joined: 10 Jul 2006
Posts: 14
Location: Streamwood, IL USA
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So, are you saying that each article (web page) in a silo (sub-theme) should have a link somewhere on that page (maybe in the page footer) that has a link to the next silo?
For example, I put these three links on the page footer now,
Home (with keywords to the main domain name index page)
Sitemap (with the keyword sitemap for the entire website, including the silos), and
Contact Us (a link to an e-mail address for that website.)
Since I'm using xSite Pro, I set up the template with the page footer links so that each web page contains them. I could easily add a link to the index page of the next silo to the page footer. Would that meet the linking requirement?
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David
SEO White Belt
Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:13 pm Post subject: Re: Please clarify if this is right... |
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| Quote: | | Link all of your sub-themes and sub-sub-themes from the bottom of each article (in each sub-theme) to the top of the next sub-theme. |
I think I understand you very well now!
I've here a visual presentation of what I think is correct.
http://www.for--free.com/060811SiloConcept1.jpg
So Charles, am I on the right track?
David. |
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Jeff McCall
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Joined: 08 Aug 2006
Posts: 7
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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David,
I would suggest that your diagram is almost right.
I don't see why all your articles necessarily have to link to the top of the next sub-section. Surely they should only link if there is some 'relevance' in an article to that particular sub-theme? In the same way, an article in the first sub-theme may be relevant to the third sub-theme so could link to the top of that one.
But then again, I may be wrong?  |
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Ahri22
SEO Blue Belt
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Posts: 163
Location: Australia
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I think you only need to link from one article of one sub-theme to the top of the next sub theme, not from all the articles.
Cheers
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David
SEO White Belt
Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:14 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | I think you only need to link from one article of one sub-theme to the top of the next sub theme, not from all the articles. |
So would this be correct now?
And.... this brings me back to my first question... if any of the silos and/or sub-themes have an additional article, article #4, would "alternative medicine"'s article #3 point to article #4 and in its place, #4 points to top sub like this? |
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Jeff McCall
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Joined: 08 Aug 2006
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Hi David,
I think you're almost there with your second diagram.
The only point I'd make is that I don't think you're obliged to always have a link from at least one sub theme to the top of the next. If there is no relevance in any article to another sub theme then don't link to it.
Don't worry about the spiders because they have your site map. The important point is I believe that there should only be a link when it is clearly relevant otherwise your theming will start to break down.
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Charles Heflin
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Joined: 16 May 2006
Posts: 337
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:53 am Post subject: |
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So would this be correct now?
And.... this brings me back to my first question... if any of the silos and/or sub-themes have an additional article, article #4, would "alternative medicine"'s article #3 point to article #4 and in its place, #4 points to top sub like this? |
You are correct in your logic in all of your diagrams.
Linking from the bottom of one sub-theme to the the top of the next will help to strengthen the overall theme of the silo "acne" provided that the sub-themes are relevant to acne.
I would name the sub themes as follows:
Acne Symptoms
Acne Cures
Acne Causes
Articles within the sub-themes above would be relevant to and support the theme of Acne Symptoms, Acne Cures & Acne Causes.
What you call sub-sub-themes which are termed simply child sub-themes. I see:
Alternative Medicine & Chinese Herbs
These don't belong in the Acne silo unless they are about:
Alternative Medecine for Acne
&
Chinese Herbs for Acne
It seems like you have a child sub-theme under "acne cures" that would be discussing "alternative medicine" when it should only talk about "alternative medecine for acne" to stay synonymic and support the overall theme of the parent sub-theme "acne cures".
Do you follow? |
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David
SEO White Belt
Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | What you call sub-sub-themes which are termed simply child sub-themes. I see:
Alternative Medicine & Chinese Herbs
These don't belong in the Acne silo unless they are about:
Alternative Medecine for Acne
&
Chinese Herbs for Acne
It seems like you have a child sub-theme under "acne cures" that would be discussing "alternative medicine" when it should only talk about "alternative medecine for acne" to stay synonymic and support the overall theme of the parent sub-theme "acne cures".
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Hi,
I'm beginning to understand that missing out the word "acne" from my sub-themes are actually vital.
The names in the blue boxes are going to be the actual filenames with either dashes or underscores.
The terms now "keeping the theme tight" is beginning to make sense!
Here's the New Diagram
What do you think? |
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