How to Create an Overall National Site with Local Pages

martster · 01-14-2009, 11:10 AM

Let's say I want to create a national site for a niche. The plan would be to start local, working with various businesses, but to expand (but setting the site up for this).

So, could I have it say such and such usa.com, and then slash/california for the state, and then say "slash/losangeles" for local?

It seems the structure would work okay, but how would that work for local people using an address? They would not have a .com that was local, so what would be the solution? Just to create state or local sites and link them to a national page?

Please advise, thanks.

Dan C. Rinnert · 01-14-2009, 11:15 AM

You could use state.sitename-usa.dom or use states as subdirectories as you mentioned.

If there is any possibility of going international, even to just Canada and/or Mexico, you might want to consider a structure that plans for that.

sitename.dom/usa/alabama
sitename.dom/usa/alaska
sitename.dom/canada/quebec

And so on...

Dan C. Rinnert · 01-14-2009, 11:16 AM

Oh, and if you want local domains, just register something like "alabamasite.dom" and redirect it to "sitename.dom/usa/alabama".

martster · 01-14-2009, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert

Oh, and if you want local domains, just register something like "alabamasite.dom" and redirect it to "sitename.dom/usa/alabama".

Hmmm. Unless I'm missing something or am failing to think of something, I think this is a "bingo" and you've hit the nail on the head!

THANKS!

01-14-2009, 11:10 AM	#1
martster HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Las Vegas, NV USA Posts: 136 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	How to Create an Overall National Site with Local Pages Let's say I want to create a national site for a niche. The plan would be to start local, working with various businesses, but to expand (but setting the site up for this). So, could I have it say such and such usa.com, and then slash/california for the state, and then say "slash/losangeles" for local? It seems the structure would work okay, but how would that work for local people using an address? They would not have a .com that was local, so what would be the solution? Just to create state or local sites and link them to a national page? Please advise, thanks.

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