Comments on: SEO Bullshit: Mimicking a file system in URIs http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/file-names-in-uris-are-bullshit/ If you've read my articles somewhere on the Internet, expect something different here. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:02:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: jason http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/file-names-in-uris-are-bullshit/#comment-2279 jason Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:00:13 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/file-names-in-uris-are-bullshit/#comment-2279 i'm blaming their formatting model: <img src="http://www.seomoz.org/img/upload/Cheat%20Sheet%20-%20SE%20Indexing%20Limits.png" alt="http://j.mp/90u9Pi" /> so what do you think about the best practice? i’m blaming their formatting model:

http://j.mp/90u9Pi

so what do you think about the best practice?

]]> By: cliff http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/file-names-in-uris-are-bullshit/#comment-2277 cliff Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:46:38 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/file-names-in-uris-are-bullshit/#comment-2277 Even the most recent version of Google's SEO Starter Guide promotes matching the directory structure to URI implementation under the heading "Make your site easier to navigate" The text is clearly speaking about page flow and leading to a sitemap topic, but the image shows and is titled "the directory structure for our small website..." Thanks for the work guys, I'm guilty myself of not researching as deeply as I should have, time to go find out exactly what was intended, not just what Google said to do. Even the most recent version of Google’s SEO Starter Guide promotes matching the directory structure to URI implementation under the heading “Make your site easier to navigate”

The text is clearly speaking about page flow and leading to a sitemap topic, but the image shows and is titled “the directory structure for our small website…”

Thanks for the work guys, I’m guilty myself of not researching as deeply as I should have, time to go find out exactly what was intended, not just what Google said to do.

]]> By: cliff http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/file-names-in-uris-are-bullshit/#comment-2276 cliff Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:39:52 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/file-names-in-uris-are-bullshit/#comment-2276 This looks like it will become a new fav of mine. I have been a fan of Sebastian for a good while now and SEOBS is now up there as well. While I have been doing some amateur league programming for years, mostly demo type stuff to sell a concept and then hire a pro to do the real work, I'm not new to SEO as a concept but very new to it in practice. Sebastian you hit it right on the head in this article, I as a user don't want to traverse more than 2-3 layers of a site before I get where I want to be, but as a designer find myself time and again creating categorization hierarchies that are many layers deep and totally unnecessary. Google definitely promotes this problem still, even in the most recent version of the Google SEO Starter Guide, v1.1 November 2008, under the heading of 'Make your site easier to navigate' a categorized hierarchical structure is illustrated up to 4 layers deep and described as "The directory structure for our small website..." While the text is clearly speaking about page flow and navigation, calling the illustration a directory structure and inferring that the URI implementation should match only further propagates this problem. Keep up the good work guys, this article has certainly opened my eyes to a problem I had never really considered Your right Sebastian, I never really dug into the intended usage docs, time to go see what else I missed. This looks like it will become a new fav of mine. I have been a fan of Sebastian for a good while now and SEOBS is now up there as well.

While I have been doing some amateur league programming for years, mostly demo type stuff to sell a concept and then hire a pro to do the real work, I’m not new to SEO as a concept but very new to it in practice.

Sebastian you hit it right on the head in this article, I as a user don’t want to traverse more than 2-3 layers of a site before I get where I want to be, but as a designer find myself time and again creating categorization hierarchies that are many layers deep and totally unnecessary.

Google definitely promotes this problem still, even in the most recent version of the Google SEO Starter Guide, v1.1 November 2008, under the heading of ‘Make your site easier to navigate’ a categorized hierarchical structure is illustrated up to 4 layers deep and described as “The directory structure for our small website…”

While the text is clearly speaking about page flow and navigation, calling the illustration a directory structure and inferring that the URI implementation should match only further propagates this problem.

Keep up the good work guys, this article has certainly opened my eyes to a problem I had never really considered
Your right Sebastian, I never really dug into the intended usage docs, time to go see what else I missed.

]]> By: jason http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/file-names-in-uris-are-bullshit/#comment-2259 jason Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:18:56 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/file-names-in-uris-are-bullshit/#comment-2259 and here i thought i was going to read something about virtual folders... instead i read that /category/vendor/product/color/size/crap.htm is crap, yet i'll argue that such is ok for something truly static and temporary while something dynamic and permanent gets built, with thanks for some knowledge gained here ;) just here to say your content is the shit, care to weigh in on the "best practice" for categories found here? http://www.seomoz.org/img/upload/Cheat Sheet - SE Indexing Limits.png [I'd say that's a fucking boring 404 page] and here i thought i was going to read something about virtual folders… instead i read that /category/vendor/product/color/size/crap.htm is crap, yet i’ll argue that such is ok for something truly static and temporary while something dynamic and permanent gets built, with thanks for some knowledge gained here ;)

just here to say your content is the shit, care to weigh in on the “best practice” for categories found here?

http://www.seomoz.org/img/upload/Cheat Sheet - SE Indexing Limits.png

[I’d say that’s a fucking boring 404 page]

]]> By: SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 8, 2010 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/file-names-in-uris-are-bullshit/#comment-2258 SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 8, 2010 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:05:48 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/file-names-in-uris-are-bullshit/#comment-2258 [...] SEO Bullshit: Mimicking a file system in URIs, sebastians-pamphlets.com [...] […] SEO Bullshit: Mimicking a file system in URIs, sebastians-pamphlets.com […]

]]> By: Sebastian http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/file-names-in-uris-are-bullshit/#comment-2256 Sebastian Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:53:31 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/file-names-in-uris-are-bullshit/#comment-2256 Darren, given the huge amount of crap produced by the SEO blogosphere, on webmaster hangouts, and wherenot, most probably the only way to separate bullshit from wisdom and worthy advice would be a white list. :( Darren, given the huge amount of crap produced by the SEO blogosphere, on webmaster hangouts, and wherenot, most probably the only way to separate bullshit from wisdom and worthy advice would be a white list. :(

]]> By: SEO Mofo http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/file-names-in-uris-are-bullshit/#comment-2255 SEO Mofo Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:44:54 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/file-names-in-uris-are-bullshit/#comment-2255 <blockquote>As a plain Web developer, I can tell from my own experience that listening to SEO professionals is worth every minute of your time.</blockquote> Therein lies the problem: I've never met an SEO who hesitates to call themselves a professional. The newbs need a way to distinguish between the SEO professionals they should listen to, and the "SEO professionals" they should ignore. Hopefully SEObullshit.com will help them see the difference. :)

As a plain Web developer, I can tell from my own experience that listening to SEO professionals is worth every minute of your time.

Therein lies the problem: I’ve never met an SEO who hesitates to call themselves a professional. The newbs need a way to distinguish between the SEO professionals they should listen to, and the “SEO professionals” they should ignore.

Hopefully SEObullshit.com will help them see the difference. :)

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