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    • BarcelonaExperience
      BarcelonaExperience last edited by

      Hey guys!

      We run a tour company in Barcelona. Our company name is Barcelona Experience. We're customizing our URL's to include keywords which can be found in all the important areas on the page (title tage, meta descp., etc).
      We want to change "www.barcelonaexperience.com/bike-tours" to "www.barcelonaexperience.com/barcelona-bike-tours"
      We're worried the repetition of "barcelona" could be a bad thing. True, or not true?

      Thanks!

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      • donford
        donford last edited by

        www.barcelonaexperience.com/barcelona-bike-tours

        Would not be considered spamming. First your domain is likely considered one word "barcelonaexperience", even if it wasn't using the same word more then once is some what common.
        Example www.Some-Hosting.com/hosting/dedicated-servers
        Example www.Board-Games-Shop.com/shop/classic-games

        I think you are 100% okay!

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        • BarcelonaExperience
          BarcelonaExperience @donford last edited by

          Thanks again!

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