Forum Moderators: Robert Charlton & goodroi
I would like to add a store and a forum but have several concerns.
1) A great deal of the traffic comes to the site because it is viewed as an authority. I don't want lose that by setting up shop on that site.
2) I don't want to negatively impact my seo with a store or a forum.
3) I was able to get a great domain, "widgetsforum.com" that I would like to use.
My question is this. If I set the forum and store up on their own domains and use text links between them, will G see this as a "link farm"?
I'm trying to figure out what is the best way to tackle this. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
That way you get the best pr being sent to your forum (If that is what you want)
However, this is not the most user friendly way of linking...
It is a good place to start though.
You could later on (6 months down the line) add a link back to the auth site, without repercussions, me thinks.
My advise is to construct your site for your visitors and not for what you thing the SE's are looking for.
If the store is a natural extension to your current site, then add it there. I would expect to be jumping back and forth between store and content pages, so the natural thing is to have both under the same domain.
The forum can be separate, but does not have to be. It depends on your goals. One reason to have it separate is forum spam. Set up your forum carefully, watch for and deal with forum spam. It's getting to be a big problem
Thanks again.
