Moving to a new Location: SEO Website

[morg45454]

I'm moving to a different state and want to keep my business and clients in both locations.  Is it better to build two separate sites, one for Ohio locations and create a new site for Tennessee content? (www.ohiosite.com & www.tennesseesite.com)

Or is it best to keep one site, and install a second wordpress site in a separate folder like ( www.site.com  + www.site.com/tennessee )

[Andy.Drinkwater]

No need to build a second site for this purpose, and could actually end up working against you.

Create custom landing pages for each location and secure Google My Business Locations.

-Andy

[morg45454]

Thank you, Andy.  Once I create a custom location.. will it be okay to make the Nashville homepage

www.mysite.com/nashville/

Then should I add the www.mysite.com/nashville/  as a new site for my google webmaster tools?

Is it okay to make two separate business listings for online directories or should I just stick to one listing, and change the verbiage to explaining that we have two locations, one in Ohio and one in Nashville?

[T0BY]

I agree with Andy.  The problem with having two or more main sites is that you will end up diluting your efforts when you might be better putting all your eggs in one basket!  These efforts include, blogging, social media, content creation and backlinking.  Dedicated landing pages are definitely a good idea with plenty of quality chat about offering your services in the different areas.  Your backlinks will be better applied to one site, rather than two, unless you have a huge amount of resources to plough in.