pages and directory structure

[Altheon]

I've read a couple posts regarding link lists not accepting sites that have index pages in a directory different from the rest of the site's pages.

I was wondering as to the reason for this? From a submitter point of view it seems repetitious as well as wasteful space wise. Of course that is a rather one sided approach. As someone still new to the industry, I would be interested as to hearing why some sites insist on the practice when others do not.

-A

[tiny]

Not a owner,but I would say for the ones that do it'd have to be SE looking at more weight to a index.html .
Wasteful I really don't see it,its just a dir 01 to whatever with afew jpegs and a index page.
I would say most do think that way its not like they get a ton of hits from having the recip,but they do weigh better in serp.
I could be wrong and more often then not am hahaha :)

[DangerDave]

Most of us want a "wholly contained" site...

Mish-mash sites get bits deleted, go 404, etc...

and there are those that expect a true index recip, as Tiny alluded too.

Mirroring entrances can cause problems in the SE's when one mirror is given weight over another..

DD

[RawAlex]

Keeping it all in one folder is natural. It is the way things should be. it is the way google looks at the world.

My return link will be on a doorway page, it is really unlikely that there will be much traffic actually seeing my link, except maybe the people I send myself. I need to get SOME benefit from listing your site, so having a page that might merit at least a minimum amount of PR from having an entire site.

What can I say? Is it too much to ask for an actual site, rather than just a page?

Alex