Got a client based in Manchester.
Their footer has their address in Schema Organization tagged on every page. They operate nationally and are going for parent terms ("unblock drains", "drain repairs") but they also want to go after local terms now.
We set up pages like...
www.company.co.uk/manchester-drains-company
www.company.co.uk/london-drains-company
www.company.co.uk/liverpool-drains-company
Ages ago for PPC (150+ words unique content, contact us form) but the site already has pages like;
www.company.co.uk/services/drain-repairs
www.company.co.uk/services/drain-unblocking
www.company.co.uk/services/drain-surveys
For each service they offer with approx 400+ words content per page.
Now they want to go for "drain repairs Manchester", "drain unblocking Manchester", "drain surveys Manchester". If I optimise the existing service pages, they'd lose rankings for the parent terms.
No-brainer is to build a Manchester hub, i.e.
www.compan y.co.uk/manchester/ (drain services in Manchester, drain company in Manchester)
www.company.co.uk/manchester/drain-repairs
www.company.co.uk/manchester/drain-unblocking
www.company.co.uk/manchester/drain-surveys
With each title optimised for the appropriate service and linking back to the main page, something like;
With the main drain repairs page linking back to the Manchester drain repairs page using anchor text like Manchester, i.e.
As long as the Manchester drain repairs has 200+ words of unique content, we'll be fine.
Alternative is just to keep the existing page (www.company.co.uk/manchester-drains-company) and just optimise it for "drain services in Manchester" including a list like;
Problems
First approach seems most effective - you're trying to rank vs dedicated pages for "drain repairs in Manchester" or "drain surveys in Manchester" so just mentioning the word on the page doesn't seem enough. But it seems spammy.
Their footer has their address in Schema Organization tagged on every page. They operate nationally and are going for parent terms ("unblock drains", "drain repairs") but they also want to go after local terms now.
We set up pages like...
www.company.co.uk/manchester-drains-company
www.company.co.uk/london-drains-company
www.company.co.uk/liverpool-drains-company
Ages ago for PPC (150+ words unique content, contact us form) but the site already has pages like;
www.company.co.uk/services/drain-repairs
www.company.co.uk/services/drain-unblocking
www.company.co.uk/services/drain-surveys
For each service they offer with approx 400+ words content per page.
Now they want to go for "drain repairs Manchester", "drain unblocking Manchester", "drain surveys Manchester". If I optimise the existing service pages, they'd lose rankings for the parent terms.
No-brainer is to build a Manchester hub, i.e.
www.compan y.co.uk/manchester/ (drain services in Manchester, drain company in Manchester)
www.company.co.uk/manchester/drain-repairs
www.company.co.uk/manchester/drain-unblocking
www.company.co.uk/manchester/drain-surveys
With each title optimised for the appropriate service and linking back to the main page, something like;
With the main drain repairs page linking back to the Manchester drain repairs page using anchor text like Manchester, i.e.
As long as the Manchester drain repairs has 200+ words of unique content, we'll be fine.
Alternative is just to keep the existing page (www.company.co.uk/manchester-drains-company) and just optimise it for "drain services in Manchester" including a list like;
Either linking back to the generic drain repairs page or not.
Problems
First approach seems most effective - you're trying to rank vs dedicated pages for "drain repairs in Manchester" or "drain surveys in Manchester" so just mentioning the word on the page doesn't seem enough. But it seems spammy.
