How Deeply Can Files be Buried on my Server?
Q. I read an article from 1997 that said
all my files should be in the "root" directory on my server so that
they are not buried deep within the site. Is this still
true?
A. It actually was never true, although I may have been one of
those spreading that myth back then! This is one of those things
that many people confuse because it's sort of half true.
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It doesn't actually matter where a page physically resides on
your server, but it does matter how difficult it is for a search
engine to find it. So when we talk about not "burying" pages on your
site, we don't mean that you shouldn't have it 10
directories/folders deep on the server; we simply mean that it
shouldn't be 10 clicks away from the home page. The fewer clicks it
takes to get to any given page, the more important a search engine
(and your user) will deem it to be. And of course, the more
important they deem it to be, the more apt they are to find and
index it.
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