BestInsurance
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It will. All of them will fail because of plagiarism.
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If you just copy your content, only one site will rank.
You don't necessarily need to have multiple websites. The name of the website is just one of many variables that Google uses to determine what a page is about.
You can simply add pages to your main site that target each of the different cities. This will make content creation easier because Google will give you more latitude when you "steal" from yourself.
If you sell shoes, for example you might be expected to have many pages that are very similar except for the information that is unique to each shoe.
If all of these similar pages are within the same website, Google is less likely to penalize the pages. However, if you start a second website and just clone the first don't expect the second one to rank unless you make major changes to the content.
You can't create a bunch of pages that are the same except for a few words whether they are on the same site or not. But you do have more latitude when they are on the same domain.
If you create separate domains for each city, you will be held to a higher standard with regard to creating unique content for each site and will have do much more link building than you would need to do if you had just one big site. Google likes big sites.
Ten sites with 100 links and 100 pages will probably not generate as much traffic as one site with 1,000 links and 1,000 pages.
You don't necessarily need to have multiple websites. The name of the website is just one of many variables that Google uses to determine what a page is about.
You can simply add pages to your main site that target each of the different cities. This will make content creation easier because Google will give you more latitude when you "steal" from yourself.
If you sell shoes, for example you might be expected to have many pages that are very similar except for the information that is unique to each shoe.
If all of these similar pages are within the same website, Google is less likely to penalize the pages. However, if you start a second website and just clone the first don't expect the second one to rank unless you make major changes to the content.
You can't create a bunch of pages that are the same except for a few words whether they are on the same site or not. But you do have more latitude when they are on the same domain.
If you create separate domains for each city, you will be held to a higher standard with regard to creating unique content for each site and will have do much more link building than you would need to do if you had just one big site. Google likes big sites.
Ten sites with 100 links and 100 pages will probably not generate as much traffic as one site with 1,000 links and 1,000 pages.
- Staff
- #203
hummm....do a search for "texas life insurance rates".....seems I have a site page on pages 1 through 4 and my health site on page 6 as well as a video on page 3 titled Donnie Wahlberg on Texas Life Insurance rates ........ so you might be right but does not hurt.....
- Staff
- #205
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I don't disagree with you. There is nothing wrong with having several sites that compete for the same keywords.
I'm just saying that it is a lot more work and probably not recommended for newbies.
Based on the question and the way it was asked, it sounded like the questioner was not a veteran.
If you spread yourself too thin, you wind up with four sites that generate zero traffic all instead of one that does.
Landersinsuranc
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Thanks Alston that helps me out alot. I kind of get it now. So, I should have one site with more pages targeting those cities and then back link to those different pages.
BestInsurance
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It does. But has to be done with a great caution. Much safer to buy blog reviews.
Landersinsuranc
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Has anyone used Google Ad words and if you have do you think it is worth it?
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If you're asking that question it will be a great way for you to lose a ton of money really quickly.
