Comments on: For URLs The Future is Flat http://blog.pint.com/2007/07/12/for-urls-the-future-is-flat/ The company blog for Pint Inc. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:55:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Justin http://blog.pint.com/2007/07/12/for-urls-the-future-is-flat/#comment-144 Justin Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:54:39 +0000 http://blog.pint.com/2007/07/12/for-urls-the-future-is-flat/#comment-144 One thing to consider is that there are certain advantages, in some cases, to using less-flat URLs and using a path structure that promotes keyword exposure. For example, if I have sell lawn gnomes through my site. Having http://store.gnomeemporium.com/lawn-gnomes/product-name or http://gnomeemporium.com/shop/lawn-gnomes/product-name might prove beneficial from an SEO perspective since I now have "lawn-gnomes," and "store" or "shop" keywords right in my URL. So, like many strategies, there's always a time and a place for one versus another. However, places like Apple and other companies that have popular products would definitely benefit from http://apple.com/imac and the like. Additionally, I think it provides an extra level of readability and location/content awareness for users. One thing to consider is that there are certain advantages, in some cases, to using less-flat URLs and using a path structure that promotes keyword exposure. For example, if I have sell lawn gnomes through my site. Having http://store.gnomeemporium.com/lawn-gnomes/product-name or http://gnomeemporium.com/shop/lawn-gnomes/product-name might prove beneficial from an SEO perspective since I now have “lawn-gnomes,” and “store” or “shop” keywords right in my URL.

So, like many strategies, there’s always a time and a place for one versus another. However, places like Apple and other companies that have popular products would definitely benefit from http://apple.com/imac and the like. Additionally, I think it provides an extra level of readability and location/content awareness for users.

]]> By: Matt http://blog.pint.com/2007/07/12/for-urls-the-future-is-flat/#comment-22 Matt Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:16:42 +0000 http://blog.pint.com/2007/07/12/for-urls-the-future-is-flat/#comment-22 Ha ha, I thought of that as well... Ha ha, I thought of that as well…

]]> By: Thomas http://blog.pint.com/2007/07/12/for-urls-the-future-is-flat/#comment-20 Thomas Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:14:16 +0000 http://blog.pint.com/2007/07/12/for-urls-the-future-is-flat/#comment-20 Obviously since visuals were added you might think the URL should be blog.pint.com/flaturls if you were really going to match art to theory Obviously since visuals were added you might think the URL should be blog.pint.com/flaturls if you were really going to match art to theory

]]> By: Dylan http://blog.pint.com/2007/07/12/for-urls-the-future-is-flat/#comment-16 Dylan Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:28:27 +0000 http://blog.pint.com/2007/07/12/for-urls-the-future-is-flat/#comment-16 Interesting idea, and very sensible. How well would search engines interpret this mapping? I wonder what effect it could have with regard to indexing maps as duplicate content, split back links, Google page rank, and other indexing behaviors. Some scripts such as phpMyDirectory, http://phpmydirectory.com/, have caught onto this flat URL idea and are using it for things like: http://directoryName.com/Vendor-Name.htm Interesting idea, and very sensible. How well would search engines interpret this mapping? I wonder what effect it could have with regard to indexing maps as duplicate content, split back links, Google page rank, and other indexing behaviors.

Some scripts such as phpMyDirectory, http://phpmydirectory.com/, have caught onto this flat URL idea and are using it for things like:

http://directoryName.com/Vendor-Name.htm

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