It is important to have your category and product names align with phrases that people actually search for. Example: you sell shirts and you have a category named “green.” Do people actually search the term “green’ or would “green silk shirts” be a more likely search term? You want to carefully consider your navigation/category structure in this early planning stage to ensure that you are using words that can generate traffic to your site.
Step 1
Keyword Research
The Goal of keyword research is to choose terms that will bring well-targeted traffic to your website.
Keyword Categories & Sub Categories
Users and search engine spiders use your architecture to learn what your site is about. Provide them with "paths" to your content by applying keyword research:
Top-Level Categories consist of your major keyword phrases.