— Eric Enge, Stephan Spencer, Jessie Stricchiola, and Rand FishkinFlat Versus Deep Architecture One very strict rule for search friendliness is the creation of a flat site architecture. Flat sites require a minimal number of clicks to access any given page, whereas deep sites create long paths of links required to access detailed content.
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