Tactical and Technical SEO

Many times when I talk about technical SEO aspects and Patents in particular, many people try to glean more than is actually there. People often think that the way to 2 rnaking Nirvana is contained within these documents.

I was talking about this the other day with a cohort and decided to post the conversation with some commentary;

The Magic Bullet - a chat with Bill Slawski

Reading technical aspects of search is very important - it's simply not a means to an end nor the path to salvation - the SEO caveat

I made a post yesterday that was inspidred by some SEO folks that were asked what they felt the value proposition for SEO was; which is here

I was interested in what anyone else felt; Here is my subsequent post with my thoughts on the Value of SEO

How would YOU explain the value of SEO to the un-initiated?

Ok so it appears Gypsy is seeing the same thing I am. I will admit hes the first person that has admitted seeing the same falling of link power that I have noticed over the past several months.

"What seems painfully obvious these days is that the ever popular methodologies based upon link relationships (backlinks) or simple keyword density centric approaches in your SEO programs just aren’t everything they once were."  (if you dont mind me quoting you)

Something is def. up. The old days of moving right up the ladder, via backlinks are slowly passing. The ladder seems to be slippery then ever.

Anyone else noticing this trend as of late, with Google especially.

Ill start this off, since I didn't get a response in the other Q and A . Great to have you here Gypsy!

I have always wondered the technicality behind this specific scenario:

You have a site: www.furniturefactory.com

You have lots of different kinds of furniture.

Chairs, Desks, Tables etc.

Your sight is also heavy with content on each page:

www.furniturefactory.com/tables/blue_table.php
www.furniturefactory.com/chairs/red_chair.php
www.furniturefactory.com/desks/blue_desk.php

So here in lies the goal. Increasing your ranking for your main landing page:
www.furniturefactory.com/desks/blue_desk.php

I have never tested this nor heard one way or the other but if your looking to use optimial interal linking which will increase www.peachfarm.com/desks/blue_desk.php

1. desks.furniturefactory.com/blue_desk_info.php

OR:

2. www.furniturefactory.com/articles/blue_desk_info.php

Keep in mind both pages have even more content, above and beyond the content found on the main landing page. The goal is to pass relevancy and weight through another section of relevant content on the site. Which facilitation you think will work better?

Would the only benefit from the subdomain route be you could potentially get both:
desks.furniturefactory.com/blue_desk_info.php
www.furniturefactory.com/tables/blue_table.php

indexed on the same front SERP? or does it pass link juice with this tactic as well.