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    • NikitaG
      NikitaG last edited by

      Hey I have an Immigration website in South Africa
      MigrationLawyers.co.za

      and the website used to be divided in to two categories:
      1st part -  South African Immigration
      2nd part - United Kingdom Immigration

      Because of that we made all the pages include the word "South Africa" in the titles. eg.
      ...ers.co.za/work-permit-south-africa
      ...ers.co.za/spousal-visa-south-africa
      ...ers.co.za/retirement-permit-south-africa
      ...ers.co.za/permanent-residence-south-africa

      I'm sure you get the idea.
      we since, removed the UK part of the website and now are left only with the SA part.

      Now my question is: Is it bad? will google see this as spammy, as I'm targeting "South Africa" in almost every link of the website.

      Should I stick to the structure for new pages, or try to avoid any more use of "South Africa". Perhaps I can change something as it currently stands?

      Kind Regards
      Nikita

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      • anthonydnelson
        anthonydnelson last edited by

        I think you are fine. All of the URLs above seem to point to single focused pages, based around an immigration issue related to South Africa.

        The way you have it now probably isn't the slickest looking for branding, but I don't think you'll be seen as spam and I try prefer to leave the URLs the same unless change is absolutely necessary.

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          • NikitaG
            NikitaG @anthonydnelson last edited by

            Thanks for your Answer Anthony.
            If google is not too phased by this, Can I add the words "South Africa" to the new pages i will be making.

            2 reasons for that is: 1, consistency.  2, better targeted keyword optimisation.

            p.s. I think in all honesty, by now google is pretty much aware that my site is south african related, and can make it's own algorithmical conclusions for placing us for SA related quires, but for consistency purposes. what do you think?

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