Google plus page multiple domains
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Hi
I have had a .com domain for many years linked to my google plus page and local verified to my UK office address.
This site sells and advertises my products, some of them are uk only like the school and computers I sell and the rest are digital and world wide.
I decided to start a .co.uk domain to be more targeted to the uk and advertise only the school and computers which I sell to the uk and just link to the .com for digital products.
I want the .com domain to attract world wide customers and the .co.uk for uk customers.
What do I do, does it make sense to connect my google plus business page to the .co.uk site?
Should I still have a google plus page for the .com site?
I only have 1 office and thats in the uk.
Not sure what to do here. I dont want to lose rankings or do anything negative.
Thoughts?
Thanks.
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Hi, thanks for the responce, maybe I should create a brand page for the .com domain and keep my google business page for my new .co.uk targeted domain?
Would this be advisable?
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I think you might find this to be a helpful post:
http://localu.org/blog/google-now-allows-brand-pages-become-local-pages/
Just remember - Google+ Local pages are tied to physical locations only. Brand pages are different.
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Hello Chris, There are many international sites that rank for generic international keywords and still have a Google local plus too. Does your site already rank well for international keywords? If your site already ranks well for worldwide generic keywords and you already have a Google plus page for it, then I would just leave everything the way it is.
But never forget that Google cares most about its customers and wants to serve up the best sites possible to fulfil their search query. If I type in 'buy Toshiba laptop' from a Californian IP address then what I want to see is websites that have physical stores close to my location. I don't want to see international sites where the product has to be shipped when I can just go around the corner and pick one up for the same price. Google knows this, and they're not going to show webpages in their search results from websites with stores on the other side of the world.
Even when I type in 'buy Toshiba laptop online' I still see online stores based in my location. Unless your Amazon, I think you'll struggle to rank for such generic keywords in other countries. And to be perfectly honest with you Chris I'm not 100% sure whether or not having your .com domain associated with a Google local page will reduce your site's ability to rank internationally. If I was to answer this it would only be speculation, and that's not the type of advice you want to be basing business decisions on, they should be based on fact.
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Ok, ill rephrase the question.
Does linking a google plus business page to a domain and a physical address mean that google now ranks my domain to local customers over international?
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Thanks for the reply
What im worries about is google thinking my .com domain is for uk clients because its linked to a uk address.
I want the .com to be USA and UK based.
Also should my uk domain have a google plus page? I can only have 1 per address.
Really confused.
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Hello Chris, the one thing you need to consider is does my Google Plus Business page rank well? If you're local Google Plus page is ranking well then you're playing with fire attempting to re-verify it with a new site that has less history and less authority.
The Google Plus Business page relies on the authority and quality of your existing .com site to rank. Attaching your Google Plus page to a new website will take away a large percentage of the reason why your existing Google Plus Page ranks. If your Google Plus page isn't ranking that well then you have nothing to worry about and you can reassociate and re-verify it with any website you want as you don't have any rankings to lose.
If you're Google Plus page isn't ranking then your main consideration should be your sales conversions. What do your customers want to see with regards to the association of the Google plus page to your website. What combination will invoke more trust in your potential customers. Hope that helps you out a bit.
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