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Plan a taxonomy

Before creating a taxonomy, analyze how the taxonomy will be used in the site to determine the best structure.

Group categories within taxonomies.

We cannot use taxonomies in menu searches. To have a menu return results based on content profiled with any category in a taxonomy, create a single top-level category and base the menu on the top-level category.


"Metabank" example taxonomy

In this example:


Use categories to profile content

When building a hierarchy of taxonomies and categories it is important to consider how a menu will use the categories in a search. This is because menus search both upwards and downwards within groups of categories.

Scenario Description
If we base a menu on a top-level category, all content profiled with categories belonging to that top-level category and their descendants will appear in the menu. A menu based on Financial will display content profiled with any of the following:

  • Financial
    • Banking Solutions
    • Interest Rates
      • Personal
      • Business
      • Corporate
If we base a menu on a mid-level category, all content profiled with the mid-level category or its descendants or its ancestors appear in the menu. A Menu based on Interest Rates. It will display Content profiled with any of the following:
  • Financial
    • Interest Rates
      • Personal.
      • Business.
      • Corporate.
If we base a menu on a bottom-level category, all content profiled with the bottom-level category or its ancestors will be returned by the menu. A Menu based on Business will display content profiled with any of the following:
  • Financial
    • Interest Rates
      • Business.


Parent: Profiling strategies