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USA Business Bought from Australian

by Angelos Savvaidis
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Hey there I just bought a web app that was targeting US. Most of the backlinks are based on the US.

My business in related and bought this domain. I am about to move that domain in a subfolder of my main domain. Should I target AU in WMT? How will that affect the backlinks that domain already had?

Will Google see it as spam since my domain will target AU and the backlinks are from the US?
#australian #bought #business #usa
  • Profile picture of the author tompaul
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
    Originally Posted by Angelos Savvaidis View Post


    My business in related and bought this domain. I am about to move that domain in a subfolder of my main domain. Should I target AU in WMT?
    This question needs to be re-asked. its not even possible to buy a domain name and move it into a subfolder. You can redirect to a subdomain but thats not the same thing.

    also if the app targets US why would you bother with putting it as australian?
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Originally Posted by Mike Anthony View Post

      This question needs to be re-asked. its not even possible to buy a domain name and move it into a subfolder. You can redirect to a subdomain but thats not the same thing.

      also if the app targets US why would you bother with putting it as australian?
      Perhaps he means sub-hosting....but then, the whole thing is iffy.

      Not only what you describe, but the buying of a "web app." Any links to a web app would need to be done to the site that it resided on.

      And that could be in a subfolder or subdomain. But then, one would need to buy the old domain for the backlinks to work, not get a new one.

      If you bought the domain with the app, why on earth would you move it?

      And then we have the backlink question. Your scenario would mean that you would insist that only US sites link to your site, if you target the US. That's silly. Since you have no control who what or how people link, thinking that google is somehow into idiocy, well....

      Paul
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