Level Relevancy To SE

[WIREMAN54301]

As I understand this the home or index page is considered most important.
The second level would still be considered significantly important, but after that the importance to a SE considerably downgrades with each level after that.

What I was wondering is if a vender is offering say 300 different items they wish to display.
My home page might have 10 to 20 categories, some of these categories would have some additional categories for easy navigation.

I could have at the bottom of the page list some or all of the items, this could save the customer one step, but most importantly by linking each page directly to the home page wouldn’t this add relevancy to my home page?

I read some ware that some SE’S won’t even index pages 4 or 5 levels down.

What I don’t understand is how often I see a website and the home page says nothing reverent at all, or even simply “Enter Here”

Should I have a separate page for each and every different item also?

There is after all only one internet for the world if I’m not found by the category maybe I could be found when the customer types in the exact item?

I hope this makes sense as I am totally lost on this issue.

Thank you

Steve

[ronaldb66]

As I understand this the home or index page is considered most important.
The second level would still be considered significantly important, but after that the importance to a SE considerably downgrades with each level after that.
I seriously doubt both statements; SE's scan each page separately and index them based on the relevancy of their content. I don't think SE's care on which level of a site's navigational structure these are.

What does count of course is how easy it is for SE's to find these pages through links; if the navigational structure interferes with this (drop down menus come to mind), it's conceivable that such pages stand a poorer chance of being indexed.
Since outside linkage counts heavily for SE ranking these days, making pages hard to find for visitors is a bad idea at any rate.