SEO Tycoon

**hezall** · 10-11-2010, 09:17 AM

Do filenames and directory structure matter?

**lynxus** · 10-11-2010, 09:35 AM

In what way?

Tbh, i think in any case the answer is YES.. If you want to find a file, it needs to have a name and placed in a structure.

**joinarcade1** · 10-11-2010, 09:53 AM

Yes, it does matter. Put your keyword or phrase in your filename, this will give a little push in ranking. The filename should also be no longer then 15-20 characters. If you have vast amounts of data and need to organise it in different directories please add at least one keyword within the name.

**Social-Media** · 10-11-2010, 10:43 AM

Site architecture has a big affect on SEO. This includes your URL structures. How you organize the pages of your site can drastically affect rankings. Organizing a site using Theme Pyramids is one example of this.

**fresk** · 10-20-2010, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hezall

Do filenames and directory structure matter?

no man these are important specially the files names.

**edgray** · 10-20-2010, 06:05 AM

well it does in the sense that:

Code:

http://www.domain.com/p=150

tells Google very little compared to:

Code:

http://www.domain.com/subject/subject-detail.html

Make your filenaming strong and relevant and your structure simple and sensible and you'll be ok.

**anblunt** · 10-21-2010, 08:10 AM

Every little thing concerning your website matters. Some things more, some less, but everything has a significance, an importance.
The way in which the pages are organized can help your website to be found, crawled and indexed by the search engine bots faster and more easier. You have to take in consideration the type of your site, the number of pages and their importance in order to build the proper directory structure.
The main idea is that it shouldn't be too simple (unless you have a very simple site) nor should you bury pages in a complex structure, because it will be very hard for the bots to found and index them. I think that each page should be no more than two clicks away from the homepage.

**mithil** · 10-21-2010, 09:03 AM

It does for both users and search engines.
You can not go to a certain destination unless you have proper mapped the place.
Same goes to webpages. If you are not naming the files and directory structure properly visitors will end up going nowhere or on wrong pages instead of the desired ones.

**full house** · 10-21-2010, 08:50 PM

yes, it also has some factor in getting a good rank. put your keyword on file name.

**francis84** · 10-21-2010, 08:56 PM

Keywords in URL have a factors in Google SERP; so, filenames and directory structure matter.

**mingqi001** · 10-26-2010, 03:06 AM

You should take a look at the latest Google official search engine optimization starter guide.

**Gregory11** · 10-26-2010, 11:36 AM

When I redesigned my website I used keywords in the URL's and file names and it helped my url pages rank in SE much better! I was surprised what an impact it had

**chrishirst** · 10-27-2010, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by francis84

Keywords in URL have a factors in Google SERP; so, filenames and directory structure matter.

No they don't, Yahoo! do in a small way.

**ruby.mein** · 10-27-2010, 10:10 PM

Hi,
Everyone im a newbie in this forum site....

Quote:

Do filenames and directory structure matter?

I think yes,it matters in yahoo and google...

**sagarmandape** · 10-28-2010, 07:22 AM

Of course it matters.

If you are targeting a keyword which is very competitive and not included in your domain then you should create a directory and name it as the keyword and then start doing SEO for it.