site-architecture

To design website information architecture, you need to define page hierarchy, navigation systems, and URL patterns based on your content inventory and user goals to improve findability and SEO.

The best way to visualize page hierarchy and internal linking is by generating ASCII trees or Mermaid diagrams, which map out flat versus deep site structures and illustrate how pages connect.

To create an SEO-friendly URL structure, map your content hierarchy to readable URL patterns that reflect the page navigation system, ensuring search engines and users can easily understand page relationships.

Yes, you can use this to plan navigation design by defining optimal header, footer, and sidebar navigation patterns that align with your site architecture and improve overall user findability.

You need to restructure your existing site architecture when user findability drops or SEO declines, requiring a reorganization of page hierarchy, internal linking, and URL patterns to better serve user goals.

Yes, this site architecture approach works for both planning new websites and reorganizing existing ones by defining site types, auditing content inventory, and generating updated URL maps and navigation specifications.