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Google is not fond of duplication, I have been very kindly told. So how much would you suggest is too much?

That makes a lot of sense, but the big question now then is simply this - how can you overcome the issues of duplication when you are targeting specific areas for a given product or even sub-category?

e.g. pest control - flea control - flea control bristol

This makes the issue of targeting local areas with out being penalized, a tricky task.

Of course I could be over-complicating things.

Do you have any ideas on work-arounds for this kind of challenge?

As a novice I created my main site, (waspkilluk.co.uk) and it was geo-targeted for my local City (Bristol). As I got better I created sub-domains(nailsea.waspkilluk.co.uk) for the smaller towns. Now I am suffering because I need to create a sub-domain for BristoI, allowing the main site to be free from geo-targeting and thus rank more cleanly for specific topics e.g flea control, wasp control etc, etc.

My question is simply this - How do I avoid or limit damaging my existing rankings when I swap the site content over to the sub-domain and remove the key word Bristol from the root domains pages.

Not a short question, but any thoughts would be lovely to hear.

Thankyou Chris and Sha for your feed back - I now have it clear in my head. You have been of great help. Thank you also for the link Sha.

Warm Regards

Simon

Thank you Sha for answering.

I am new to this - but I thought "www.waspkilluk.co.uk" was my root domain.

So have I got this a little mixed up - is "waspkilluk.co.uk" my root domain and "www.waspkilluk.co.uk" classed as a sub-domain?

Sorry if this sounds a little basic - be gentle.

I have just noticed that my sub-domains are ranking higher in Mozrank and Moztrust than the root domain - that seems nuts. Am I doing something wrong?

My background is in education, so I set up my site to be a resource and not just a sales brochure. People who visit my site stay on my site because the content is good. My SEO is only just getting started, but I passionately believe that great content, with great context is the way to go.

Great content must be worth the authentic natural links?