maya_myers Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 <p>Hi There!<br> my current website is a bit of a mishmosh of my wedding work and my events/documentary/non-profit work. I've finally come to the decision to create two separate websites. One specifically for 'weddings' and the other for everything else which I'll call 'studio'. So... I'm creating a landing page (www.mayamyers.com) where the visiter can select to go to my blog (mayamyers.com/blog), weddings, or studio. The thing is.. since the two sites will have different content in each page (layout and design will be very similar so it goes with my branding) they cannot belong to the same domain. They will have to be mayamyers-weddings.com and mayamyers-studio.com.<br> My question is this: Is this a smart or dumb move SEO wise? Currently I am listed in google places, yelp, wedding advertising sites, etc as www.mayamyers.com which I would like to keep.. but will it hurt me in the long run because no one will be on that landing page for that long? Do I want to create google places accounts for each separately with different keywords?? or link in certain places directly to each site? I'm utterly confused as what is the smart route.<br> All suggestions are welcome!!<br> thank you!<br> maya</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles_Webster Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 <p>Why can't they belong to the same domain?</p> <p>Its pretty easy to set up sub domains that use a dot to separate the sub domain from the main. In your case mayamyers.studio.com and mayamyers.weddings.com or you can put separate index.html pages in two sub directories, such as mayamyers.com/weddings and mayamyers.com/blog and mayamyers.com/studio.<br> Don't make it any harder on the customers than absolutely necessary. Your domain name is already difficult to type correctly (not your fault), adding a hyphen won't help.<br> It will also save you money because you won't have to pay registration for the additional domain names.</p> <p><Chas></p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maya_myers Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 <p>Thank you for your response!!<br> my problem is that my website is created on a template (the landing page will be custom but the two separate sites are templates) and the current company I use doesn't have the capability or option to host sub domains... I can't seem to find a company that does and I'd love to keep using a template so it's easy for me to consistently update. I don't know coding and don't have the budget to have someone on hand to make changes for me every time I want to update...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suman Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 <p>Maya, did you check 100webspce.com? Subdomain hosting is rather common BTW.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maya_myers Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 <p>no I am going to check it out now. thank you so much!!! so glad i posted!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sknowles Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 <p>It's easy to separate them into distinct Websites, as noted, with subdomains (wedding.maramyers.com and studio. maramyers.com), folders (www.maramyers.com/weddings/ or www.maramyers.com/studio/) or file names (www.maramyers.com/wed....html or www.maramyers.com/stu...html). These allow you to make the front pages simple with navigation to the rest of the Website and pay for only one domain name. I use a combination of the 2nd and 3rd.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maya_myers Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 <p>thank you Scott. Do you use templates for your subdomains? Would you mind sending me a link to your website(s) so I can see an example?<br> m</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sknowles Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 <p>Maya, I use folders and filenames to keep things sorted. Subdomains requires your Website host to create the upper folders (directories) and are little more work than just folders. I use separate folders for the css files, images, documents, maps, etc., which is easier to manage, and filename prefixes to keep files sorted, such as "mt" for all things Mt. Rainier NP, gallery for photos, "my'type'" for other projects, etc. My <a href="http://www.wsrphoto.com/">Website</a> is linked to with my profile in PN.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cristian_bosch Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 <p>Agreed with Scott. Keep you domain and use subdomains like so:<br> weddings.mayameyers.com<br> studio.mayameyers.com<br> Structure the URL so the directory names go before the domain to save characters and keep it clean.<br> On your index/landing page (www.mayameyers.com) link to other subdomains and use a sitemap to let search engine crawlers know where to find your other pages and subdomains.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maya_myers Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 <p>Thank you both Scott and Cristian..!!!<br> my question remains though, since my website is a template and the current company I use doesn't support subdomains, do you know of a photography website template company that does? I don't know coding and it has been successful and simple for me to use a template company the past five years.... just now that I've decided to split into two sites, this is the part I'm trying to figure out.<br> have any suggestions?<br> thank you again!!<br> maya</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cristian_bosch Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 <p>I haven't heard of any template sites that do this, since you need root server access and support to configure subdomains. What company do you use?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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