Internal Links

[Cthulhu]

Hi all,


Here's my question: reading the different SEO guides, they all say it's important to have a good number of internal links. The suggestion is to have a nav bar on the top of the page, and replicate it elsewhere as well.
So, which is the best way to do this?
a) Replicate it once, in the footer, in smaller characters.
b) Replicate it twice (giving me three nav bars for each page), in the footer AND on the side of the page?

The main aim is SEO, not aesthetics. The guides have different opinions, I'd like to know yours.

Thank you very much,


Cthulhu.

[Chris]

There is no good SEO reason for doing that.

You replicate a graphical menu in your footer so you have a text menu on the page, for SEO and accessibility.

You replicate your main navigation sometimes at the bottom of the page, even if it is text at top, for usability.

Repeating your navigation all over your page has 0 SEO benefit. It changes the PR flow throughout your site, focusing more PR on your subpages and less on your homepage, which could be good or bad depending on your goals, but to expect a linear bonus from doing that is silly. It isn't going to happen.