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Consolidating Multiple Domains into A Single Domain
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I have a client who's website is an amalgamation of multiple domains. jacksonhole.net is the main domain but the site passes traffic back and forth from the following domains/sites. My questions is, would it it be better for SEO to consolidate all of these domains under the single high authority domain and 301 redirect the rest or is that a really bad idea? Thanks for your help.
jacksonhole.net (Domain Authority 31)
jackson-hole-rental-condos.com (Domain Authority 22)
jackson-hole-rental-homes.com (Domain Authority 21) j
acksonholehotelguide.com (Domain Authority 19)
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Thank you for the responses, I think that tells me what I need to know!
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Merging all domains under one will be best for you and your client. Here is proof:
https://a-moz.groupbuyseo.org/blog/2-become-1-merging-two-domains-made-us-an-seo-killingBut isn't just consolidation, you need to make silo structure, content changes, redirects and many other internal changes.
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Hi,
Since all of your sites share branding and the same template, and a good portion of your boiler plate pages even link back to Jacksonhole.net, I would definitely recommend rolling those up into one site. You've also got the navigation setup to point to the according sites, so your template wouldn't need too much updating in order to carry all the same content.
However, I'm going to recommend not using subdomains since search engines hold different metrics for them than they do domains (https://a-moz.groupbuyseo.org/learn/seo/domain) - which would not help you accomplish your goal.
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Hi there.
As always, it depends. Are these websites related, all good quality, without spammy backlink profile or any manual actions? - If so, then yes, it would be better to consolidate. However, if each of those websites is separate entity which is known, well received and kinda lives on it's own, then it might be better to leave them separate. (Another option would be to put them under the same domain, but on different subdomains to make management easier)
Cheers
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