Multiple city network

[dcstover1]

Im currently setting up a large network and my original thought was to target keywords via the city and then setting up a website with the domain name being that keyword.  Now im thinking that in the long run thats going to be a massive pain in my ass.  Im thinking what i should do is something along these lines...

"www.companyname.com/cityorkeywordhere"

any thoughts?  Thanks for the help

[dogflog]

Hey Daniel,

There's absolutely no doubt that you will benefit immensely from having more content on one URL as opposed to having a network of lesser URLs.

Any incoming links will distribute juice among the entire site as opposed to just one site.

The structure you mentioned is very standard and very effective.

Further, the keyword rich url is not what it used to be particularly for Google, it is still a major factor for Yahoo but, this will most likely subside as well.

The benefit of concentrating efforts in one domain has been discussed at length here and top to bottom, the single URL is the choice.

Start with a very tight niche and begin building outward from that niche.

Not sure what your focus is but careful Categorization will satisfy your needs as well. (I assume you're using a blogging platform)

www.companyname.com/denver/things to do

as opposed to

www.companyname.com/things-to-do-in-denver

Both will work very well but, a category page can rank incredibly well if your seo settings are inline, which is the key.

Using a category page will make user navigation much easier as well.

Good luck!

[dcstover1]

Thanks for the point in the right direction..

Me and my business partner originally hired a company to take care of our technical aspects...and they wanted us to buy all these keyword rich domains and put a site on each...Luckily we have gotten rid of them but there ignorance still lives on and still costing me time and money...the problem is now I have a buddypress site a keyword targeted domain.  I guess ill have to get it moved over and do it the right way, since we are just starting its better now then later!

Thanks again for the information, I appreciate it.

[dogflog]

Well, as with many things, there is a time and a place.

Buddypress has very, very good uses.

As far as mini sites the time was long ago!

KW rich urls can be great but, internet users are getting savvy and they don't do as well as they used to for search or click through rates.

Wish you the best!