SEO 101 - Maintaining a Flat Directory Structure

Typically, the flatter your web site's directory structure, the better your chances of getting more of your web page content spidered. Pages that are buried deeply, beyond one or two subdirectories deep, will often be crawled less frequently.

Poor URL Examples
http://www.xyzsite.com/web/corp/atlanta/seo/training/start.html http://www.xyzsite.com/training/seo/atlanta/index.asp?ID=1234&GROUP=AtlantaSEO

Good URL Examples
http://www.xyzsite.com/training.html
http://www.xyzsite.com/training/index.html

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