Our current (and only at this time) website has been fairing very well with Google (top 10 for many of our key words). We are planning on expanding our business, and are actually developing another site, separate from the original.
We have tentatively decided on the URL name for the new site, and it is nearly the same as our original site URL name - with one word added essentially to the end of the original URL (both names are taken after the name of our company).
For some reason I have this feeling that by using this "nearly same" URL for our second site, we may be heading for trouble with the search engines? Will they look at this new site of ours as a mirror-site to the original and somehow penalize us, especially with the URL of the new site so close to the original? The core function and copy of the new site will be considerably different than the original, but several of the products featured in the new site are also featured on the old site.
I appreciate anyones insight.
Derek
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Two Sites With Nearly The Same Name...
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eglobalhealth
, Apr 22 2004 09:48 PM
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Jill
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Posted 22 April 2004 - 10:34 PM
Welcome Derek! 
As long as the content of the sites is completely different, the URL won't matter.
Jill
As long as the content of the sites is completely different, the URL won't matter.
Jill
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rohgan03
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Posted 23 April 2004 - 02:11 AM
You have similar URLs owned by different companies all the time (Cars.com, Car.com, iCar.com, eCars.com,CarsOnline, MoreCarsOnline etc). As long as content is different, you are fine.
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