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: How can I internally link to pages while keeping minimalist aesthetics? I have an e-commerce client who's CEO, owner, clothing designer refuses to have a navigation which links to sub-category

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I have an e-commerce client who's CEO, owner, clothing designer refuses to have a navigation which links to sub-category pages which help users find more specific products they are looking for. He also dislikes linking via breadcrumbs and modules on product pages to similar categories or products. The only thing we have been allowed to include are faceted navigation filtering coming from a category page.

For example he only wants to see: Dresses, Pants, Tops, Shoes, Accessories. I would like to see sub-cats in nav for these, for example: Dresses > Asymmetrical, A-line, Cocktail Dresses, etc.

The internal links would help provide cralwer accessibility to these pages and be able to rank for "cocktail dresses" instead of just general "dresses".

Is there a way to internally link to sub-category pages for ranking and SEO purposes without building them out visually on the site? Can sub-cat pages be built and rank well without being internally linked to? We are running on Magento.

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@LarsenBagley505

I do have an idea that may very well satisfy the people you work for, but I still recommend your idea of having navigation stand out, but since your bosses come with not-so-wonderful requests, I'll continue.

What you may try to do is blend in the links with the text.

For example, on your home page, you can make a paragraph about shoes and have the title be a link to an extended information page about shoes.

Another example: You can also embed it into the paragraph some more by talking about shoes and at the end of the paragraph, make the short sentence a link to the details.

Examples in text:

These shoes are perfect for any occasion including winter and
summer. Learn more


and in that example, "Learn more" is a link to the shoe details page.

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