This will work until Google does not index a page that is important to him and he wont be able to identify it using this method and wont ever have the opportunity to optimize for those terms on that page. Also, what is the time frame of cutoff of when he decides its time to go back in? Google updates its index often and the info will change often. What about other engines?

This is not a bad method but I would not use this as the first thing I do. Instead, I would define the navigational hierarchy based on industry categories and keyword search volume. Then, once that method gets pages indexed (and it should index more this way), he should go ahead and use his method to identify any outliers to focus more pagerank towards them.

Kinda of like a pyramid affect. I like it.. I think it does have merit. All beit kinda slow if you ask me..

All he will accomplish is reinforcing weak search optimization. If he doesn't put the appropriate emphasis into his link structure to begin with, then emphasizing what the search engine ranks for him on the basis of a weak infrastructure will just make it weaker.

This method seems to be good. But, as "Uri" said, could be slow. My suggestion is give the internal link at very first time itself for the juicy terms that you want to rank and wait for the Google results. If required you can do the changes that moment.

Wait shouldn't he know what his "juicy terms" are before he even pushes a site live to begin with?

I don't think he's wasting time. I think this is brilliant.

Famous story man see's an archer in the woods, with his quiver of arrows empty, resting at tree. he sees hundreds of arrows embedded in the trees, perfect bulls eyes. "How did you hit every bulls eye" the man asks in amazement. The archer answered I Simply fired the arrows, then drew the bullseye around the arrows!

Let Google choose draw the bulls eyes on the trees, then stick arrows(Relevant Keyword Links) into the trees!

I look forward to seeing the results of Wheel's test. Please keep us informed.

The only way to know if this is brilliant or not is to test it -- en route!

Glenn

I've done that, though not with a 5000 page goal. There is a trick and catch to this. Simply put; any links he has to any of those pages before hand are going to rank higher, bottom line. Any internal links AT ALL, (unless balanced before hand like making the index page a sitemap to every page and none of those link together) there will be a curve.

It is a place to start though. I wanted to mention that to any NOOBs reading because the method isn't here, just a mention of the principle.

Keep it Str8!