internationalising urls & seo consequences

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by loconor, May 8, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hi again,

    sry, i seem to be asking more qtns than helping people lately..

    We've recently set up an irish site with the end of the domain being .com/ie but we are now looking into setting up a uk link and a us link.

    Our initial plan was to use the same site which is .com but then add the following url endings: .com/uk and .com/us but my fear is that google will think we're creating false backlinks or buying domains linking ot the same site.

    The problem is it would be a waste of time creating 3 different sites as the only difference would be the currency and the prices.

    Has anyone overcome this problem before and is the a way around it?

    The domain name of the site would not change only the url extension.

    Hope someone can help?

    Thanks

    L
    CustomerMinds.com
     
    loconor, May 8, 2008 IP
  2. afbinter

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    Would like to know the same, have the same issue with co.uk and .com. We did changed a lot of text and we are not interlinking but still
     
    afbinter, May 8, 2008 IP
  3. swamiseo

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    I would prefer to go for .co.uk and .ie domains even though there are only minor changes. But remember you will end up in same duplicate content issue.

    Another option is to go for subdomains which again would lead to dc issue.

    Best option is to rewrite your content all together.

    Otherwise you can mention prices in different currencies/prices on same page without worrying about domains?
     
    swamiseo, May 8, 2008 IP