If domain mapping subfolders to TLD's is it perceived as a fully separate entity/site therafter ?

[Dan-Lawrence]

Hi

I take it once you have domain mapped a country specific subfolder to a country specific TLD (for better local region targeting reasons) Google perceives it as a completely separate entity and it no longer shares any of the parent sites domain benefits (such as domain authority etc) so from that point on requires its own dedicated link building etc ?

All Best

Dan

[Lumina]

A different domain will always have different stats, regardless of how you connect it to other domains. You CAN pass some of your link-juice, but that will only take your subdomain so far.

[Dan-Lawrence]

Thanks Lumina,

just to confirm its not a sub domain, its a sub-folder that been domain mappped to a TLD, so i take it no 'link-juice' will pass on to it from the parent site

so brand.com/de has been domain mapped to brand.de hence i take it the brand.de cannot receive any share of brand.com domain metrics after mapping ?

cheers

dan

[Toddfoster]

Hello Dan,

This is correct - this alteration will confer no "link-juice" from the parent site to the country-specific TLD. You can try to link a little bit between the domains to pass on a little of the benefit from one to the other, but too much of this can be viewed negatively in Google's eyes, especially given the difference in languages and localization inherent in such a set up.

Unfortunate, but better to exercise "best practices" on this one and build up each site separately.

Best of luck!

Rob

[Dan-Lawrence]

Many thanks for confirming that Robert

All Best

Dan

[Lumina]

Ah, I misunderstood what you were saying. But yes, that's correct. You can, however, build up a certain degree of reputability as long as your base domain has a history of reputable behavior and ranking - but I wouldn't advise making this a regular method for your site.

[Dan-Lawrence]

thanks Lumina