Are Silo structures effective?

Bishal Bhandari

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Well i got the basic concepts of silo structures of linking every page to a deep article and viceversa but with wordpress tags , categories etc won't it will have a default silo or it isn't that effective? Plus won't it create a duplicate post in copyscarpe and will it affect my ranking ?
 
Q. Are Silo structures effective?

A. Yes.

Duplicate content how? Just use each article once, and you're fine.
 
Q. Are Silo structures effective?

A. Yes.

Duplicate content how? Just use each article once, and you're fine.
Doesn't worpress tag / categories etc make default silo or it is different. I heard that if you make catagories , tags etc it will create duplicate content in wordpress and copyscrape also cheecks that
 
Doesn't worpress tag / categories etc make default silo or it is different. I heard that if you make catagories , tags etc it will create duplicate content in wordpress and copyscrape also cheecks that
You can "noindex" tags and category archives. I use YAOST SEO plugin and doing this is easily achieved with a few mouse clicks.
 
Well i got the basic concepts of silo structures of linking every page to a deep article and viceversa but with wordpress tags , categories etc won't it will have a default silo or it isn't that effective? Plus won't it create a duplicate post in copyscarpe and will it affect my ranking ?
can you give me a example what silo method your trying to do please?

are you just adding articles to a well establised website and adding your link to your website as a backlink.?
 
can you give me a example what silo method your trying to do please?

are you just adding articles to a well establised website and adding your link to your website as a backlink.?
Thats backlinking i think not silo . I havent used silo yet but have seen many videos regarding it
 
Pulling off an actual proper Silo is pretty hard and it sacrifices the user experience big time. 95% people have no idea what silo is and they mistake it for proper site structuring. Unless you have a huge multiniche money site (cars and cats for example), then do not bother with silo at all. Just interlink everything with everything and you will do just fine.
 
As Nargil points out, it's difficult to do a 100% silo and maintain user experience, especially if using Wordpress. However, don't let that prevent you from implementing the concept, because it has value.

Take the "authority" out of the equation, and where practical, take a page on a site where it makes sense (in the text/content) to link to inner pages from it. This is really effective on larger sites where there is a lot of content.

The idea is, to make certain pages on your site "authority" pages (on the main subject) that link to related content deeper in your site, then from those pages, link back to your "authority" page. As well, where practical, link from those inner pages (in the article text) to the other inner pages that make up the link structure from your main "authority" page.

I was pulling my hair out trying to do what some call a real silo structure on Wodpress, but set it aside and just focused on making "authority" pages that link to inner content. I did this on one page in one of my sites, to start, and linked to inner pages naturally from the text/content (not sidebar or footers, but in the actual text of the page). I linked to about ten inner pages that were related and a few weeks later, that "authority" page bumped over from middle of page two in google, to bottom of page one. Few months later, seven keywords for that page are now top 5/6 on google. The inner pages are ranking much better now too.

Here's an example:

Let's say you have a page about: California Drivers License

You have some inner pages about:

under 21 California drivers license
California provisional drivers license
California driving courses
California defensive driving
lower insurance rates for California drivers
etc.

Make the main "California Drivers License" page the "authority" and incorporate all those related pages into the content, with a natural contextual link to those inner pages. From those inner pages, link back to the "authority" page with "California Drivers License" as the anchor. Where natural, link from one inner page to another in the same "circle."
 
under 21 California drivers license
California provisional drivers license
California driving courses
California defensive driving
lower insurance rates for California drivers
etc.

Make the main "California Drivers License" page the "authority" and incorporate all those related pages into the content, with a natural contextual link to those inner pages. From those inner pages, link back to the "authority" page with "California Drivers License" as the anchor. Where natural, link from one inner page to another in the same "circle."

yes, now give the noobs wordpress, and they blow everything up with "category"-crap archives and tags crap and noindex that bullshit later.
omg .
 
yes, now give the noobs wordpress, and they blow everything up with "category"-crap archives and tags crap and noindex that bullshit later.
omg .

Default WP themes are a disaster for SEO.
 
Pulling off an actual proper Silo is pretty hard and it sacrifices the user experience big time. 95% people have no idea what silo is and they mistake it for proper site structuring. Unless you have a huge multiniche money site (cars and cats for example), then do not bother with silo at all. Just interlink everything with everything and you will do just fine.

Another problem is you'll read different "definitions" of siloing, based on where you go or who you ask. IMHO these days it has become more of a general principal for good link flow in your site, as the initial definition is (like you said) is not very user friendly and is the epitome what many here call "link sculpting" and seems almost outdated to me.

-ThopHayt
 
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