what are your thoughts on large multi regional site to avoid duplicate content

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by otherjohn, Jan 8, 2007.

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    Hi all, I am working on 2 sites for a company covers multiple regions of the country. I want to gain good ranking on localized key phrases and at the same time try not make some 5000+ page site that just makes navigation hell.
    Here is the situation;
    Website A
    The website sells a few products (lets say about 5is).
    the site might cover up to 150 regions
    Each region needs to be covered for keyphrases (i.e "New England Telephone Service" --fictional term for example).
    Each region has towns under it that need to be covered for keyphrases (i.e "Portsmouth telephone service")
    all regions/area sell same products and pricing.

    Website B
    Much larger site. Sells multiple products in all 50 states.
    Still want to cover in the same way as site A, BUT each region may sell a different products, so makes the site much more complex. But you could do a search/navigation via product.

    My challenge is how do I do these sites without having duplicate content, huge navigation, and rewriting every product page. Plus the site still needs to be usability/architecture friendly.

    Any suggestions on how to tackle this problem?
     
    otherjohn, Jan 8, 2007 IP