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SEO Keyword Targeting Question

by jape
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Hey Guys, just a quick question about targeting local keywords.

Let's say you're targeting different cities in one state like
Albany, Amsterdam, and Fulton, which are all in NY, and your keyword is
divorce.

Is it better to create different pages for each city like "/albany/divorce.htm"
"/amsterdam/divorce.htm", /fulton/divorce.htm

or will the different pages just confuse the search engines on which page
to rank??

All of the of course will have completely unique content.

Thanks in advanced for your help.
#keyword #question #seo #targeting
  • Profile picture of the author amiramin
    Use different pages,
    I personally target 3 keywords per page.
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    • Profile picture of the author jape
      Originally Posted by amiramin View Post

      Use different pages,
      I personally target 3 keywords per page.
      But won't the pages compete with each other? Like if you have
      /albany/divorce.htm" "/amsterdam/divorce.htm", /fulton/divorce.htm

      All pages are about divorce and in the same state, just different countys?
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    • Profile picture of the author needu12
      Originally Posted by amiramin View Post

      Use different pages,
      I personally target 3 keywords per page.
      i second him on this one...
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  • Profile picture of the author SerenaGomez
    Yeah they will but if you want to do local targeting then these pages will help a lot. For ex: Divorce Albany or Divorce Amsterdam.

    Why don't you target Divorce word on the index page where all these pages are present?
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  • Profile picture of the author Weedy92
    Mysite.com/divorce/new-york/albany would be the correct format for each city.

    Vary each catagory even further mysite.com/divorce/new-york/albany/picking-a-good-lawyer-in-albany vs. mysite.com/divorce/new-york/fulton/laws-for-divorce-in-fulton-new-york..

    Gives you the option to expnd it even further for other sections, ie: ysite.com/lawyers/new-york/albany/top-ten-lawyers-in-albany

    Have the hompage going after the state.
    Have the inner pages and catagories going after the cities.
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  • Profile picture of the author samual james
    you should create pages according to cities to reduce confusion, as if you are targeting multiple cities then it could be hard for you to target too many keywords from a same page.
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  • Profile picture of the author jape
    Thanks for the inputs guys. I'll think this through Keep the ideas coming though please.
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