URL Keyword stuffing. service-city.com/product-service-city/ vs. service-city.com/product/
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For example:
tailoring-london.com/suits-tailoring-london/ or tailoring-london.com/suits/
The main keyword being targeted here is "suit tailoring london". The home page's main keyword is "tailoring london". Would love to hear your opinions.
Many thanks
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Either structure is fine. Exact match domains still work (somewhat) but they'll continue to fade as time goes on.
You'll have a better chance at getting results if you rely more heavily on producing good on-page, rather than an exact match domain to get you rankings.
My advice would be 250 words with your targeted keyword used twice and 2-3 LSI (latent semantic index) keywords to supplement it once each.
Feel free to Tweet me at @StelinSEO if you have any questions
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tailoring-london.com/suits-tailoring-london/
There is nothing wrong with this. Nor would I consider is stuffing.
Example www.Server-Hosting.com/hosting/dedicated-servers
Example www.Board-Games-Shop.com/shop/classic-board-gamesThis is somewhat normal, just remember when using a keyword based domain you do get the benefit of keywords but you do lose some ability for diversification.
Like this example,tailoring-london.com you may rank great in London but surrounding areas not well, which maybe okay if that is the desired effect.
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Personally, I dont really mind! Ive done experiments with worse keyword "stuffing" in the URL and they have performed well.
As long as the content is legit and the backlinks are good then I wouldn't really mind that.
I've had equally good results with just something like /suits - when the page is properly optimized for that, it basically does the same thing. Good luck!
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