Website Structure and URL Planning for a New Small-Business Site
How to plan pages, menus and URLs so visitors and Google understand your site — before you build it.
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Last reviewed November 10, 2026
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Good site structure means every important page is reachable in a few clicks, grouped logically, with short readable URLs. Plan it on paper first: one page per main service or product type, one page per real location, and supporting articles that link up to them.
Start with a simple map
- Home
- One page for each core service (not one page listing everything).
- Location pages only for areas you genuinely serve, each with unique details.
- About, Contact and a blog or guides section.
- Supporting articles that answer customer questions and link to the matching service page.
URL rules that age well
- Use words, lowercase and hyphens: `/services/ac-repair`, not `/page?id=17`.
- Keep them short and leave dates out of evergreen URLs.
- Pick one language per URL and keep Bengali and English versions on separate addresses (see Bengali vs English content).
- Don't change URLs later without a 301 redirect (status codes explained).
Linking the structure together
- Main menu: your few most important pages.
- Breadcrumbs on deeper pages.
- Contextual links inside articles to the related service — the hub-and-spoke model.
- Use normal `<a href>` links so Google can follow them.
Mistakes to avoid
- Dozens of near-identical city pages.
- Important pages only reachable through site search or a form.
- Separate pages for every small keyword variation.
Sources and limits
This is a practical guide based on public documentation and day-to-day SEO work. It reports no original dataset, guarantees no ranking, and gives no fixed timeline.
Frequently asked
A little, mainly because readable URLs help people understand the page. Don't stuff them.
Keep important pages within a few clicks of the homepage; exact depth matters less than clear linking.
A subfolder like /blog is usually simpler to manage on a small site.