Organizing Website Content
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Hey everyone!
I am looking for some opinions on organizing website content. Here are two thoughts. I am open to alternative suggestions as well. Thanks for any consideration in this matter!
**Aviation Supply Store Thought A **
**Helicopters Airplanes Rockets **
Helicopter engines Airplane engines Rocket engines
Helicopter Fuels Airplane Fuels Rocket fuels
Helicopter Accessories Airplane Accessories Rocket Accessories
Aviation Supply Store Thought B
Engines Fuels Accessories
Helicopter Engines Helicopter Fuels Helicopter Accessories
Airplane Engines Airplane Fuels Airplane Accessories
Rocket Engines Rocket Fuels Rocket Accessories
I simply chose aviation as an example. I'm just having difficulty deciding on how best to catagorize.
Thank You!
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Boomajoom, I like that idea. Space is a little bit of an issue right now, but I will keep that thought around for a while. Thank you!
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I am wondering about the possibility of duplicate content as well. In terms of key word research. They are all pretty strong. Hmmm, I am going to be giving it more thought for now. Thanks again.
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Hi Mark, thanks for the reply. I was thinking the same thing; although I was also worried a bit about duplicate content issues as Margarita S has mentioned. Titles and Headings could be fairly similar excluding the aircraft type. Could this be a duplicate content issue?
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Agree with the suggestion about doing keyword research. Assuming that checks out for you, why not categorize according to both ideas? Have the largest volume categories at the top, say thought A, and do the thought B categories in a sidebar?
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Hi Quilbur,
Honestly, the best suggestion I have for you is to do some keyword research and get a sense of how your target audience is searching for the content you have. I think that will be the most useful way of doing it. Also, assess if there's some overlap on the content you have. Would you be duplicating content if you talk about "helicopter fuels" and "airplane fuels"?
Hope this helps!
MS
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Quilbur- You always want to categorize by the most specific heading......this will always help you in both paid and organic search results.......
Airplane, helicopter and rocket are much more specific search headings....then your subheadings of engines, fuels and accessories make more sense as secondary keywords........
Hope this helps.
Mark
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