Web application JSF

Hi, i'm new at JSF and i want to know which package distribution i should use for my web application. When i made desktop applications i had different packages (in order to use MVC pattern) like a
beanPackage where i stored my POJOS,
a businessPackage where i stored the logic of the business,
a viewPackage where i stored the gui,
and the daoPackage for my data access objects.
Now in a web application using JSF what package shoud i use? there are backing Beans, where do i put them? do they keep (business logic) what kind of package distribution should i use for my web application?.

When i have a 3 tier application my packages are structured mostly like this:
com.mycompany -> root
com.mycompany.ejb -> EJB Jar stuff (i used to have .facade and other packages but with JBOSS SEam it seems uncecessary)
com.mycompany.ejb.session -> EJB session beans (with subpackages reflecting business domain)
com.mycompany.ejb.message-> EJB MDB beans
com.mycompany.ejb.entity-> EJB entity beans
com.mycompany.jsf -> JSF stuff
com.mycompany.jsf.bean -> backing beans - add subpackages if necessary
com.mycompany.jsf.listener -> jsf phase listeners
com.mycompany.jsf.validator -> jsf validators
com.mycompany.servlet -> servlet stuff
com.mycompany.servlet.filter -> servlet filter stuff
com.mycompany.servlet.listener -> servlet listener stuff
com.mycompany.tag-> taglib stuff
com.mycompany.util-> global utils stuff
com.mycompany.exception-> exceptions

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