2 Domains Problem

[rakkyd]

I have a web site with both the .co.uk and .com pointing to the same site. My positioning with the search word "Widgetist" is poor and I want to increase my trafic for this term. If I change the .com to a 3 or 4 page site describing what a Widgetist does and tailoring the keywords and content for "Widgetist" and then have a link to my .co.uk site, is this spamming and will the engines accept this. My only worry is that the general domain is the same.

eg. www.mysite.com has 4 pages of description but links to www.mysite.co.uk

Many thanks

[edited by: heini at 12:36 pm (utc) on Oct. 27, 2003]
[edit reason] widgetized ¦ please don't use specific keywords [/edit]

[ukgimp]

First things first. I take it you are UK based and your core market is UK. If that is so then you should concentrate on the co.uk to ensure that any regional filters don’t do you any harm. Also make sure your site is hosted in a uk server, If you don’t know or cant find out from your host look around the web for geographical tracert or visual tracert.

With respect to having multiple domains you need to make sure that you don’t have duplicate content. Eg the same site on the co.uk and com. If you do this you wont do yourself any favours. Instead choose your primary site and then point the other one to it using a 301 permanent direct. Then you will need to make sure than any links to the redirected site are updated.

Mainsite.co.uk

Mainsite.com > points to mainsite.co.uk with a 301 direct.

Only promote (get links to) one site. Using the com to trace offline marketing can be a good tool and the user should never really notice.

HTH a little