One domain with keyword optimized pages or multiple domains

[dreadmichael]

Hi There.

I have a client in the real estate law services business. Which is better for long term search traffic?

1. A single domain ie. smith and smith law.com with pages focussing on each neighbourhood they operate in ie. .com/real estate law manhattan.php, .com/real estate law brooklyn.php etc

or

2. multiple domains each focusing on one neighbourhood the business operates in ie: real estate law manhattan.com, real estate law brooklyn.com etc

Thanks for the help,

Josh

[Dan-Petrovic]

Getting links to multiple domains fragments your efforts. Unless we're talking about an exact match domain the long term benefit does not seem that interesting. Not to mention branding. There was a recent post about this in the blog actually, if anyone can find the link.

[dreadmichael]

Thanks Dejan, Yes I am referring to an exact match.

I would really like to read that post if anyone can find it.