Page URL Issue
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Hey Friend, I am having sort of a problem.
I currently have a subpage with the url of:
/musclecars/
I also have a subpage at
/muscle-cars/muscle-car-restoration.html
Obviously my main url is not listed here. My problem is I am trying to rank for the term Muscle Cars but the first URL does not have the keywords seperated so I rank no where. If I type MuscleCars into google I rank though (but nobody types the keyword in like that).
So my question is can I create muscle-cars.mydomainname.com and rank well with that? Or is it better to just use mydomainname.com/muscle-cars/ even though that second term I am ranking for already has that in its url?
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mydomainname.com/muscle-cars/ and mydomainname.com/muscle-cars/muscle-car-restoration.html are two completely separate urls. I wouldn't worry about that.
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Hey Adam, Thanks for your response.
Well traditionally that is my thinking as well however already having the other term using that plus the .html page in that folder I just didnt want any duplicate url problems?
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Shannon,
A couple thoughts:
- The url of your page is one of the less important ranking factors (don't ignore it, but that may not be the main reason you aren't ranking for your keyword)
- I would use mydomainname.com/muscle-cars/ not a subdomain
Hope these help.
~Adam
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