HTML site advice please

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I understand that for SEO purposes that when building a site every page should have at least one static link to all other pages.

My question is:

What is the best way to do this?

I want to build a review website that will have about 50 pages so can i just have a link at the bottom of each page saying all reviews .

Or is there an easier way around this

Kind regards
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  • The point is that robots will only find pages that are linked one to another, directly or indirectly.

    If a page is an "island" and has no other page linking to it, it will simply never be found.

    Why not put a link on every page to a site map and the site map has links to every other page on your site.

    Cheers,

    Neil
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    • Hi Neil,
      Sorry but this is the first time I will have to disagree with you ... Google bot scans your web server and it does find pages that are not linked to anything, this is why you must use .htaccess or robots.txt file in non-password protected folders if you do not want pages indexed.

      To answer the OP....

      You can have a catch all page if you choose, sort of like a sitemap.. Which you should have a sitemap anyways.

      James
    • Have to disagree on this. I set up a wp site using a template that makes each page an island, and each and every page has got indexed and ranked quite quickly.

  • Thanks neil, so at the bottom of every page i would have all reviews which would then link to my site map.
  • That sounds cool. As long as there is a path to all pages from all other pages and there are no cut-off "islands".

    Cheers,

    Neil
  • Try digging up some of Michael Campbell's early stuff -- he gives it away for free as a sign-up incentive. There's some good stuff in one of his free ebooks from Leslie Rhodes at Planet Ocean about routing the link-juice.
  • Hi James

    Cool. OK, geek head on...

    ...from a technical point of view, I'd love to know how it does that because there is no "master list" of pages and no way for the directory to be scanned.

    Cheers,

    Neil
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    • Actually, it makes me want to uninstall the Google toolbar.

      It MUST be getting the URL from somewhere.

      Cheers,

      Neil
    • Its a bot, it scans the entire webserver ...lol I was actually surprised myself when I had pages indexed in google that I never linked to or though google would ever see.. Ever since then I have been using .htaccess or robots.txt to block access to pages that I do not want indexed.

      James
  • Google can't "scan" your entire webserver. If you have webpages not linked from anywhere, no way in hell Google can find them. If they found something, It's because there is a link somewhere or they're using user data to get there: Google webmasters central? Google Toolbar? Chrome?

    Tyrus
  • Hi James

    ...seemingly using a lot of weird and wonderful ways to find out what's there. Do a Google search on "google unliked pages" or some such. Scary stuff.

    The bottom line is, if you don't want it to be found, don't put it on your web server.

    We live and learn

    Cheers,

    Neil
  • Tyrus - I am sorry but you are wrong ... I can put up pages right now not linking to anyplace and trust me google will pick them up in 48 hours. I should know I have been doing website development for over 15 years and I have well over 500 websites on one server of mine alone...

    I have trackd google's bot inside folders that are private, not password protected but private... So when they tick me off I just add a .htaccess code - Redirect 301 / Google - Which kicks google's bot back to google..

    Neil - You are correct, if you do not want it to be found, then keep it offline ...

    James
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    • I believe your right...sometimes I find a "Googled file "in my webserver for some strange reason out of no where.

      Do you ad the .htaccess in the index file or a for all pages for that particular folder?
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  • In defence of Tyrus, he's thinking along the same lines that I was and is right.

    The bots do need to find a link somwhere - it's just that they find it in places where the sun don't shine.

    Cheers,

    Neil
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    • LOL ... Yeah it can be a pain sometimes... I had google hitting one of my websites 1,200 times a day for 2 weeks straight.
  • Sue them for DOS
  • Hang on, I'll put up a WSO
  • Neil,
    Lawyers around here get about $375 an hour ... So WSO price would be how much ...lol Oh and do you offer a iron clad refund policy ...lol

    James
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