About to get my competition domain, how what I can do?
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Hello, I'm trying to get a domain from what it used to be my main competition, if I get this domain can I forward the domain to my website? because they have good local ranking that I don't have and also a lot of links.
I don't really want to use that brand name, I just want to take advantage of the links they already created if that possible.
Or can I do something else with the domain or just buy it and keep it so nobody else can buy it?
Thank you
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Thank you for your response! Yes I think is a good idea to tell Google to remove that listing because I'm not going to use it.
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Yes!!! If you somehow purchased or obtained a competitors domain, you should definitely use a 301 redirect to have all the links that they've accumulated point to your site.
As far as Local (Google Places). That will be a little different because the Places Page tend to be associated with the actual location, and the business name. So that one won't be as straightforward of a deal. It may involve taking down the Google Place page, which could push you up in Local results.
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Sorry about the title misspellings its supposed to be "About to get my competition domain, now what I can do?"
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