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a serious question.

by khuram007
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my website is about brain and brain related stuff like speed reading, memory development. but it has a forum that is about softwares andl webmasters as well. I want to know is having these two completely different topics on the same domain going to destroy my rankings? or is it going to improve my rankings? i need serious opinion. Because if it is going to destroy my rankings in the long run, i will be deleting the forum that deals with softwares and stuff
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    Why in the world would anyone put a forum on their website about a completely different topic?
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  • Profile picture of the author khuram007
    but i have done so. answer to the my question please? it is never too late i guess
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    If it is totally unrelated to the rest of your site, I do not see how it would be beneficial.
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  • Profile picture of the author khuram007
    totally unrelated. Now if i move it from the subdirectory to a subdomain of my website. will it be ok then?
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    • Profile picture of the author Angshuman Dutta
      Having completely unrelated topics wont "hurt", but that won't help either. If you wat to keep them, I think it'd be better to move them to a sub domain.
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by khuram007 View Post

      totally unrelated. Now if i move it from the subdirectory to a subdomain of my website. will it be ok then?
      Why not just move it to a new domain?
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      • Profile picture of the author khuram007
        Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

        Why not just move it to a new domain?
        Because that is not the project i am focused on
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  • Profile picture of the author khuram007
    some people say it will not hurt and some people say it will turn google off. what exactly is true?
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Like Mike said why would you even consider an irrelevant forum? Doesn't make any sense for traffic or SEO.

    Having irrelevant pages isn't going to be helpful so it might as well be hurting your SEO.

    Spend $10 on a new domain & be done with it.
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  • Profile picture of the author khuram007
    will it be ok if i move that forum to a subdomain of my website?
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    • Profile picture of the author Icematikx
      Originally Posted by khuram007 View Post

      will it be ok if i move that forum to a subdomain of my website?
      Why are you not listening to what people are telling you?

      You will gain absolutely nothing from having an "SEO Forum" on a website primarily about the human brain. If anything, you will saturate your main site by having irrelevant content.

      Keep them separate, and buy a new domain for the SEO forum (as explained 50 times already).
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  • Profile picture of the author Rick Rodd
    Originally Posted by khuram007 View Post

    my website is about brain and brain related stuff like speed reading, memory development. but it has a forum that is about softwares andl webmasters as well. I want to know is having these two completely different topics on the same domain going to destroy my rankings? or is it going to improve my rankings? i need serious opinion. Because if it is going to destroy my rankings in the long run, i will be deleting the forum that deals with softwares and stuff
    Not unless your website is about artificial intelligence. Now that would make a difference.
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  • Profile picture of the author SEO Power
    Buy a new domain or create a subdomain and move the forum to it. Next time, don't put a site on one topic and a forum on another topic on the same domain. It's just not right.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
      Its a forum. so simple

      Put some categories to deal with speed reading, memory and the mind etc in the forum. They are not completely different - smart people are webmasters and software developers. Of c ourse if you have no members then whats the fuss? delete.

      But if its active and bringing in traffic I find a way to work it into my site not move it at least not without good notice to my forum users.
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        Originally Posted by Mike Anthony View Post

        Its a forum. so simple

        Put some categories to deal with speed reading, memory and the mind etc in the forum. They are not completely different - smart people are webmasters and software developers. Of c ourse if you have no members then whats the fuss? delete.

        But if its active and bringing in traffic I find a way to work it into my site not move it at least not without good notice to my forum users.
        So your ok If Warrior Forum adds new sub-forums for raising sheep, model trains, or how to tune up a car?

        I get the feeling If OP isn't willing to invest $10 on a new domain the forum probably won't even be moderated & end up a spamfest.

        The thread title isn't helping.
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        • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
          Originally Posted by yukon View Post

          So your ok If Warrior Forum adds new sub-forums for raising sheep, model trains, or how to tune up a car?

          Lets see...... Internet marketing and sheep herding

          or

          Brain activities with the TECH NOLOGY (which comes from the root work of knowledge) field of webmastering and software

          Nope still yet to make a good point Yuke..
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        • Profile picture of the author paulgl
          The WF might be doing what Mike A. talks about in a round about way.

          They do have:

          Mind Warriors (273 Viewing)
          All topics related to self-improvement. Power, energy and creativity translates into being able to make more money.

          As well as:
          Off Topic Forum (265 Viewing)
          Anything goes.

          The bottom line is, does it make money and enough of it to keep it?
          Or does it generate enough traffic and that traffic is funneled in good amounts?

          If not, let it become an orphan.

          Less can be more. You might be wasting time promoting and keeping that forum going.

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  • Profile picture of the author AdrianSeo
    What about "global" websites that have content from all areas?
    I don't see how your rank will suffer from that association with more topics...is simply impossible.
    We don't speak about backlinks that need to come from relevant source. Is a totally new are of your website.
    Maybe you will lose ranking only if you interlink different topics between them.
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  • Profile picture of the author LuckyIMer
    It will not be beneficial to have 2 completely different topics on the same domain, the best thing to do is either move the webmaster forum to a new domain or at least to a sub domain, but still moving it to a new domain is better, you can link to it from your brain site, although even linking between unrelated websites is not good either in term of SEO.
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  • Profile picture of the author selfdisciplineacademy
    Some interesting topics I see. I believe that, whether or not is is/or not going to destroy rankings I think you should get id of it anyway.
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