ok, i need to decide between a couple of things say i have 2 categories- dogs and cats I already have quite an established dog site, and now want to go into the cat industry what would be best for seo: a. create a totally new domain and just exchange links with dogsite b. create a cat subdomain in dogsite and exchange links c. create a cat directory in dogsite and exchange links if b or c: I am assuming links should point to subdomain/directory, not the dogsite. is this correct? should I make an easy typein (goodcats.com) that is forwarded to cats site? if so, what type of forward/redirect? And should the site be promoting goodcats.com(like the banner) so the user remembers the type-in
Is 'Good Pets' available? (goodpets or good-pets ..or something that works) Create THAT new site and move the dogs there and 301 THAT site.... If not.. then #1 for me... all of them are fine, more of a preference thing. As far a domain redirects, my preferred method is at the registrar level
Do you think it is worth the risk of jeopardizing dogsite's rankings just to get a more universal domain?
Depends on the future plans you have I suppose. It is more of a organizational/business decision I would think if both areas are being built out equally and the cats section is not a side show content wise - it might be smart. If it flies, you may add another 'pet' to the mix By then restructuring could get ugly.... Start the new site (leaving the dogs alone) and put the Cat content on it. Slowly start bringing the dog content in and 301 redirecting the existing pages on the dog site to the new ones on the 'pets' site. This way nothing should be lost... once everything fully propagates (10 months?_ redirect the dog one at the registrar level My point is, anything can be done. Make decisions at a higher level about the site and it's future - THEN apply the required steps in regards to the SEO to minimize any potential damage
You have an established site about dogs, so you have what it takes to make an established site. Your dogs site has a dogs domain. Leave it alone. Register a simmilar cats domain and go from there, do with the cats site what you did with the dogs site. This is your best option from my point of view, you will probably achieve the same success with the cats site but probably in less time. Keep up the great work!
Catsite In real life, cats and dogs make bad company. Backlinks from cats to dogs are to be avoided too. I suggest get a domain for the catsite without any links to the dogsite and vice versa. "Search engines use link analysis in their page-ranking algorithm. Search engines also try to determine the context of those links, in other words, how closely those links relate to the search string" SEOgeek.com
For me no - I plan the business model first ( ie; Pet Food - which U can add Birds, Fish whatever... and supplies) - and then implement the soundest SEO program to suit That's my take... why limit market saturation when there are ways to pass any current SE love... Build around the business model NOT the SEs
hmm, wonder how I came across it, I didnt look at the date I thought I was in new posts sections...whoops