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[PrivateUser]

answered.  thanks.

[alankoen123]

First, I wouldn't recommend creating subdomains as it may affect the SERPs of your primary domain.

Second, as long as you have congruity and consistency with your content, I don't see an issue with including the city. A small issue, but city may need to be expanded to city, town, province, etc. depending on whether it's national or international.

Best of luck in this endeavor!

[Gavin.Atkinson]

If these are going to be all separate sites with no relationship, I recommend using businessname.domain.com. I don't think you need to add city at all unless there are likely to be duplicated business names.

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[alankoen123]

Here's one example --  http://www.statefarm.com/agent/US/CA/Pleasanton/name omitted-7X4H03GS000 . The Domain Authority is 93 for this agent page and page authority is 44.

I checked a couple of other sites that use subdomains. One site used a www domain address and redirected that local branch/affiliate to the subdomain. In this case, local control was a requirement.

See http://www.ameravant.com/article/3398-subdomains-and-seo-pros-and-cons-of-subdomains-vs-subdirectories for a good article on pros and cons of subdomains.

Hope this is helpful.

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