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Silo Linking

by AlphaWarrior
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As I understand basic silos, you have a silo landing page with supporting pages, all linked together, but not linked to other silos or non-silo related pages.

My question is about other pages such as home, privacy, and contact us. Do you just forget about them in a silo?

I believe that they need to be on every page. So, do I make a regular follow link to them or do I make a no-follow link to them? Or does it even matter?
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  • Profile picture of the author savidge4
    Originally Posted by AlphaWarrior View Post

    As I understand basic silos, you have a silo landing page with supporting pages, all linked together, but not linked to other silos or non-silo related pages.

    My question is about other pages such as home, privacy, and contact us. Do you just forget about them in a silo?

    I believe that they need to be on every page. So, do I make a regular follow link to them or do I make a no-follow link to them? Or does it even matter?

    Technically speaking a link is a link. if there is a amount of juice on a page and to make it simple we will say there is 100%, and you have a total of 5 links on a page. each link will carry 20% of that juice. no follow - no juice is passed, but the consumption of the 20% that link has, is NOT forwarded to a link that is follow. and the with a follow link, that 20% would carry to the next page. So there is no advantage with regards to Juice when looing for an advantage with follow vs no follow.
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  • Profile picture of the author deezn
    Originally Posted by AlphaWarrior View Post

    As I understand basic silos, you have a silo landing page with supporting pages, all linked together, but not linked to other silos or non-silo related pages.

    My question is about other pages such as home, privacy, and contact us. Do you just forget about them in a silo?

    I believe that they need to be on every page. So, do I make a regular follow link to them or do I make a no-follow link to them? Or does it even matter?
    Never no-follow internal links. And if you're going to no-follow an external link, decide if you even need that link at all then. Because you're going to bleed that juice whether you no-follow or do-follow it.

    A super duper tight like silo is the most effective, but you have to balance user friendliness as well. It is okay for all pages to link to home. Search the forum for silo and read anything by Yukon it's gold.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    You could use an internal iframe that includes site navigation links in either the header or footer.
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      with wordpress I have been using "facet wp" plugin. hides linking nicely
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

        with wordpress I have been using "facet wp" plugin. hides linking nicely
        I took a look at their demo page, it's javascript on a single page. There's no links involved.

        The left sidebar isn't internal links, it's javascript options (checkboxes).
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        • Profile picture of the author savidge4
          Originally Posted by yukon View Post

          I took a look at their demo page, it's javascript on a single page. There's no links involved.

          The left sidebar isn't internal links, it's javascript options (checkboxes).

          you are correct... no links what so ever. you can set it to display content IE blog posts etc. instead of products Its a fun little toy!

          Mix that with "search WP" and it is actually more than likely the best toy for wordpress ever!
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    • Profile picture of the author AlphaWarrior
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      You could use an internal iframe that includes site navigation links in either the header or footer.
      Yukon, I have to show my ignorance. Are you saying that the site navigation (home, about, contact, etc) do not affect a silo if they are in the header or footer?

      Thanks!
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        Originally Posted by AlphaWarrior View Post

        Yukon, I have to show my ignorance. Are you saying that the site navigation (home, about, contact, etc) do not affect a silo if they are in the header or footer?

        Thanks!
        I'm saying links inside an iframe are on a 2nd webpage but still allow traffic to see/use the links as If they're directly on the 1st webpage.
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      • Profile picture of the author deezn
        It's like picture in picture.
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