Does Google care if my index page is not there yet

outwest · 12-17-2011, 05:56 PM

On my new Niche I know a lot of kws I want to target, i want to start putting up subpages targeting those kws but I am not sure at all what I want the main index to say yet

can those subpages start to rank first, or does google say, where is the root domain page for this url? and if its not there, they dont like it

I want to wait awhile to put up the root domain main page, is that ok?

outwest · 12-17-2011, 06:22 PM

Anyone? ..........................

UMS · 12-17-2011, 06:27 PM

Were you intending having any internal links on your subpages? If not, then effectively all those subpages will be like mini standalone sites and they wouldn't even get indexed unless you built some backlinks to them.

Why not just put up a basic home page for now with links to your internal pages. You can always tweak and add content later.

outwest · 12-17-2011, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UMS

Were you intending having any internal links on your subpages? If not, then effectively all those subpages will be like mini standalone sites and they wouldn't even get indexed unless you built some backlinks to them.

Why not just put up a basic home page for now with links to your internal pages. You can always tweak and add content later.

Ya I guess that might work, I just dont want to write the main content of the index page since I am not sure what I want to say on there, and I dont want to change it later. Thanks for the input

as you say it might be better to write a very basic home page which can be expanded on later

whiplashclaims · 12-17-2011, 07:17 PM

I agree,you need an index page to get indexed first, build keyword rich links from that to your subpages, your index page does not have to be perfect, but a good basic page should work.

seohacker · 12-17-2011, 08:06 PM

Yeap a main root site will always be better than a subdomain. It would be very hard if you create a subdomain first and work on it, hoping it would get indexed and rank. Doing SEO on a subdomain is more than 3x as hard as doing it on a root one.

outwest · 12-17-2011, 08:08 PM

No I was not talking about a subdomain

Just the subpages created first
www.mydomain.com/kw1.html....etc

Barry Unruh · 12-17-2011, 09:10 PM

This is not a recommendation...just a question...

Why not do a 301 redirect of your home page to your sitemap page? Then you have content, it points to all of your internal pages, and should avoid all of the problems...

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outwest Lovin Life War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: USA and Asia Posts: 2,690 Thanks: 118 Thanked 180 Times in 161 Posts	Does Google care if my index page is not there yet On my new Niche I know a lot of kws I want to target, i want to start putting up subpages targeting those kws but I am not sure at all what I want the main index to say yet can those subpages start to rank first, or does google say, where is the root domain page for this url? and if its not there, they dont like it I want to wait awhile to put up the root domain main page, is that ok?

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UMS Peter Sundstrom War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,856 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 177 Thanked 503 Times in 370 Posts Social Networking	Re: Does Google care if my index page is not there yet Were you intending having any internal links on your subpages? If not, then effectively all those subpages will be like mini standalone sites and they wouldn't even get indexed unless you built some backlinks to them. Why not just put up a basic home page for now with links to your internal pages. You can always tweak and add content later.
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seohacker Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Social Networking	Re: Does Google care if my index page is not there yet Yeap a main root site will always be better than a subdomain. It would be very hard if you create a subdomain first and work on it, hoping it would get indexed and rank. Doing SEO on a subdomain is more than 3x as hard as doing it on a root one.
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outwest Lovin Life War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: USA and Asia Posts: 2,690 Thanks: 118 Thanked 180 Times in 161 Posts	Re: Does Google care if my index page is not there yet No I was not talking about a subdomain Just the subpages created first www.mydomain.com/kw1.html....etc

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Barry Unruh Loving The Philippines War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Pampanga, Philippines Posts: 1,737 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 478 Thanked 668 Times in 475 Posts Contact Info	Re: Does Google care if my index page is not there yet This is not a recommendation...just a question... Why not do a 301 redirect of your home page to your sitemap page? Then you have content, it points to all of your internal pages, and should avoid all of the problems...
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