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There have been an argument among SEOs on URL structure with deep directory structure and direct structure. Typical example of with and without directories will be URLs are

http://exaaample.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/post-name-which-is-long/

And

http://exaaample.wordpress.com/post-name-which-is-long/

Many SEO experts consider URL with directories good for categorization etc. Many others consider these problematic for PageRank assuming deep URLs get less of PageRank.

I recently came across a video by Matt Cutts, answering same question. According to him Google don’t worry much about how many directories are there in URL. If a URL with many directories is placed on root page it will still get the due PageRank. One advantage that directly links have is the small size and smart look.