http://www.edwardbeckett.com/Blog/index.cfm Search Engine Optimization - Florida SEO Specialist - SEM Expert - Consultant en-us Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:41:04 -0400 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:50:00 -0400 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss edward@edwardbeckett.com edward@edwardbeckett.com http://www.edwardbeckett.com/Blog/index.cfm/2008/2/6/SEO--Sculpting-and--Shaping--a-Silo- I recently took a very daring plunge and reorganized the entire directory structure of my site ... I am going to take quite a hit in PageRank for a while, but in the end I think that it's going to be a vast improvement over the way I had previously set my site up. There are a few important details regarding the way that a site is set up ... directory structure, visitor traffic flow, and most importantly, the way all of the links are mapped out throughout a web site. Based on some very serious studies regarding the actual breakdown of PR on my site, I realized that there were some improvements that could be made to dramatically increase the site's potential for higher search engine rankings. That being said ... there is a fantastic report given several years ago from a guy who was way ahead of the pack where he hypothesized the actual distribution of PageRank through several different structures of websites. The guys name is Ian Rogers ... He's Brilliant. If you want to get a look at the work that he reported on the Google PageRank Algorithm. <br /> It's over here ... <a href="http://www.ianrogers.net/google-page-rank/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Google Pagerank Algorithm and How It Works</a> check it out ... Links Search Engine Optimization PageRank Algorithm SEO Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:50:00 -0400 http://www.edwardbeckett.com/Blog/index.cfm/2008/2/6/SEO--Sculpting-and--Shaping--a-Silo-