Comments on: How To Use Domain Names To Improve Your Google Rankings http://www.startbreakingfree.com/411/how-to-use-domain-names-to-improve-your-google-rankings/ How to Quit Your Job and Start Your Own Business Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:32:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: 46 Ways To Start A Business With No Money http://www.startbreakingfree.com/411/how-to-use-domain-names-to-improve-your-google-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-5463 46 Ways To Start A Business With No Money Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:17:52 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/411/how-to-use-domain-names-to-improve-your-google-rankings/#comment-5463 [...] 19. Pick a domain name with your #1 keyword in it! (Assuming it isn’t a very competitive keyword you’ll rank on the first page of google within a month or two for that keyword which means customers!) here’s some more info and an example [...] [...] 19. Pick a domain name with your #1 keyword in it! (Assuming it isn’t a very competitive keyword you’ll rank on the first page of google within a month or two for that keyword which means customers!) here’s some more info and an example [...]

]]> By: Brian Armstrong http://www.startbreakingfree.com/411/how-to-use-domain-names-to-improve-your-google-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-5185 Brian Armstrong Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:46:03 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/411/how-to-use-domain-names-to-improve-your-google-rankings/#comment-5185 Hey Patrick, Good question. I used subdomains because it carries a higher weight than a subdirectory for keywords. I've heard mixed things on that "separate site" issue like you mentioned, my personal belief is that it isn't true, just because it wouldn't make sense for it to be true, and Google is smart enough to do the right thing. But really I have no hard evidence on that so I could be wrong. Subdomains are a real pain to manage on the server side, so for that reason I'm not sure I'd do it again, but in terms of SEO I still think it's a good move. Hope it helps! Brian Hey Patrick,

Good question. I used subdomains because it carries a higher weight than a subdirectory for keywords. I’ve heard mixed things on that “separate site” issue like you mentioned, my personal belief is that it isn’t true, just because it wouldn’t make sense for it to be true, and Google is smart enough to do the right thing. But really I have no hard evidence on that so I could be wrong. Subdomains are a real pain to manage on the server side, so for that reason I’m not sure I’d do it again, but in terms of SEO I still think it’s a good move. Hope it helps!
Brian

]]> By: Patrick http://www.startbreakingfree.com/411/how-to-use-domain-names-to-improve-your-google-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-5134 Patrick Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:51:18 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/411/how-to-use-domain-names-to-improve-your-google-rankings/#comment-5134 Hey there Brian, First off, I love all of your articles. I have a question though. Why did you use subdomains vs sub directories, or sub folders? From what I understand, google treats sub domains as completely separate websites than the main domain. So why would you want to essentially start over, with a PR of 0, when you can just make it an extension of your main domain, such as www.universitytutor.com/austin/algebra. Hey there Brian,

First off, I love all of your articles. I have a question though. Why did you use subdomains vs sub directories, or sub folders? From what I understand, google treats sub domains as completely separate websites than the main domain. So why would you want to essentially start over, with a PR of 0, when you can just make it an extension of your main domain, such as http://www.universitytutor.com/austin/algebra.

]]> By: Brian Armstrong http://www.startbreakingfree.com/411/how-to-use-domain-names-to-improve-your-google-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-4532 Brian Armstrong Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:04:13 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/411/how-to-use-domain-names-to-improve-your-google-rankings/#comment-4532 Not sure I entirely understand your question but it geocodes the address they enter, then does a search to find the closest major city. It does this with a plugin for ruby on rails called geokit: http://geokit.rubyforge.org/ So in terms of generating SEO pages, they just get listed on the page for the closest major city. When people use the map search it pulls up tutors within a radius regardless of what city they are in. Hope this helps. Not sure I entirely understand your question but it geocodes the address they enter, then does a search to find the closest major city. It does this with a plugin for ruby on rails called geokit: http://geokit.rubyforge.org/

So in terms of generating SEO pages, they just get listed on the page for the closest major city. When people use the map search it pulls up tutors within a radius regardless of what city they are in. Hope this helps.

]]> By: Rick http://www.startbreakingfree.com/411/how-to-use-domain-names-to-improve-your-google-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-4529 Rick Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:03:38 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/411/how-to-use-domain-names-to-improve-your-google-rankings/#comment-4529 Brian, I'm a little unclear how the auto-generation of the targeted pages works. Would you mind clarifying? You said that you added 1000 city names in your database and 40 subject areas, but is it correct that actual live webpages are not created until a tutor actually comes in and creates a profile in any given city? What happens if: Lets say you have Los Angeles in your database of 1000 cities, but perhaps you do not have Arcadia (a suburb of Los Angeles) set up. How will this work with the page generation? Will the new tutor just be placed in the Los Angeles page or will a new page specifically for Arcadia be created? If the tutor will be placed in Los Angeles, what is your criteria for making the placement (for example, how does the program know to place the tutor in Los Angeles as opposed to Irvine)? If the tutor is placed on the Los Angeles page (as opposed to a new Arcadia page), is there a way to solve this problem for the purpose of search engine results (for example, if I am looking for a math tutor in Arcadia it will never come up on google if the profile is part of the Los Angeles page)? Is the database entry a necessary step, or could pages be automatically be generated when a tutor signs up for ANY city or town? If database entry is a necessary step could you outsource this work for a significantly larger number of towns/cities? If a page was set up for each town, I imagine you could still set up the site so that any tutor within a 25 mile radius shows up even if they are from a different town. This way you capture the best of both world- more SEO results and relevant search results for users on your site even if a single town may only have a few tutors. Brian, I’m a little unclear how the auto-generation of the targeted pages works. Would you mind clarifying? You said that you added 1000 city names in your database and 40 subject areas, but is it correct that actual live webpages are not created until a tutor actually comes in and creates a profile in any given city? What happens if: Lets say you have Los Angeles in your database of 1000 cities, but perhaps you do not have Arcadia (a suburb of Los Angeles) set up. How will this work with the page generation? Will the new tutor just be placed in the Los Angeles page or will a new page specifically for Arcadia be created? If the tutor will be placed in Los Angeles, what is your criteria for making the placement (for example, how does the program know to place the tutor in Los Angeles as opposed to Irvine)? If the tutor is placed on the Los Angeles page (as opposed to a new Arcadia page), is there a way to solve this problem for the purpose of search engine results (for example, if I am looking for a math tutor in Arcadia it will never come up on google if the profile is part of the Los Angeles page)? Is the database entry a necessary step, or could pages be automatically be generated when a tutor signs up for ANY city or town? If database entry is a necessary step could you outsource this work for a significantly larger number of towns/cities? If a page was set up for each town, I imagine you could still set up the site so that any tutor within a 25 mile radius shows up even if they are from a different town. This way you capture the best of both world- more SEO results and relevant search results for users on your site even if a single town may only have a few tutors.

]]> By: B Smith @ Wealth and Wisdom http://www.startbreakingfree.com/411/how-to-use-domain-names-to-improve-your-google-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-1970 B Smith @ Wealth and Wisdom Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:06:38 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/411/how-to-use-domain-names-to-improve-your-google-rankings/#comment-1970 Brian-Thanks. That's what I thought but I wanted to confirm. It's getting harder to get SEO link love with all the nofollow tags... Brian-Thanks. That’s what I thought but I wanted to confirm. It’s getting harder to get SEO link love with all the nofollow tags…

]]> By: Brian Armstrong http://www.startbreakingfree.com/411/how-to-use-domain-names-to-improve-your-google-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-1969 Brian Armstrong Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:46:27 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/411/how-to-use-domain-names-to-improve-your-google-rankings/#comment-1969 Agreed. There is no benefit to having keyword rich sites 301 redirected to your real domain. 301's are a way to tell Google "the new site is over here" so Google will eventually discount all the referring sites as being old and no longer needed. It's only useful to transfer one site to a new one without losing the reputation/position of the old one. Hope it helps! Brian Agreed. There is no benefit to having keyword rich sites 301 redirected to your real domain.

301’s are a way to tell Google “the new site is over here” so Google will eventually discount all the referring sites as being old and no longer needed.

It’s only useful to transfer one site to a new one without losing the reputation/position of the old one. Hope it helps!
Brian

]]> By: B Smith @ Wealth and Wisdom http://www.startbreakingfree.com/411/how-to-use-domain-names-to-improve-your-google-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-1961 B Smith @ Wealth and Wisdom Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:00:02 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/411/how-to-use-domain-names-to-improve-your-google-rankings/#comment-1961 Brian-Can you clarify the 301 redirect? Would having several keyword rich domains point to one domain have a benefit or is it just to keep your historic indexing valid? It doesn't make sense to have three separate sites for one product. Keeping the content fresh and unique would be a nightmare! Brian-Can you clarify the 301 redirect? Would having several keyword rich domains point to one domain have a benefit or is it just to keep your historic indexing valid? It doesn’t make sense to have three separate sites for one product. Keeping the content fresh and unique would be a nightmare!

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]]> By: Home Business Answered » New Features And Tests On My Passive Income Business http://www.startbreakingfree.com/411/how-to-use-domain-names-to-improve-your-google-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-1032 Home Business Answered » New Features And Tests On My Passive Income Business Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:25:24 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/411/how-to-use-domain-names-to-improve-your-google-rankings/#comment-1032 [...] you might recall, in the past I was using subdomains for each city to help people narrow their search. So people looking for tutors in New York City would visit [...] [...] you might recall, in the past I was using subdomains for each city to help people narrow their search. So people looking for tutors in New York City would visit [...]

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