Will new site have any effect on main site ?

[BigJoe]

Hi,

We have a successful ecommerce site at www.printerbase.co.uk but we are now branching out and will soon be offering services which we are going to do through a different website with a possible URL of something like www.printerbasesolutions.co.uk so my question is, will having two websites containing the word printerbase have any negative effect on the ranking of www.printerbase.co.uk or would we be better having a completely different URL?

The new site is not going to have any ecommerce functionality it is going to be more about offering the services we can give to clients and encouraging them to get in contact with us.

Thanks

BigJoe

[firstconversion]

I would say its unlikely to affect the rankings or cause Google any confusion.

Make sure your content is significantly different between the sites and you should see no cross over or cannibalisation

[BigJoe]

Thanks.

Will move ahead now with more confidence.

BigJoe