SEO: Best way to do this? (Actual Biz Thread - No Poo)

[CurrentlySober]

Senario. You own two identical domains - Keyword1Keyword2.com and Keyword1Keyword2.co.uk

The .com is a silly joke site, and the .co.uk is an abandoned forum. Both domains result in number 1 and 2 google placements respectively - and have sat at the top of the tree for 5 years+...

You decide to forget the forum, on .co.uk and put a 'pimproll hostedtube' on it... While it still gets traffic, and people view the vids, you lose your number 2 google spot...

So, in order to get the combined benefit of the hosted tube on the co.uk, and the top google placement of the .com what would you do?

As I see it, options are either...

1) Add a 'Click Here' link, to the .com, that leads to the .co.uk ? (Prob best in my current thinking)

2) Add an iframe image screen of the .co.uk INTO the .com (But will this fuckup the number 1 spot?)

3) Turn the .com into a hostedtube (And lose the Number 1 spot for sure?)

What would you do? 1, 2 or 3 ?

[travs]

do the number 1

then install the tubesite on a subdomain of .co.uk..then put an attention-grabbing banner on the forum that leads to your tubesite.

[AdultKing]

I'd link to it.

[icymelon]

I have noticed that with video sites you do a lot better when you host the video yourself. So the hosted tube option might not be ideal. Not to say it wont work using a hosted solution.

For seo it's always best to opt for the anchor to be your keyword rather than a click here. Certainly a site listed in the top 10 for the keyword is going to pass link juice. so I would vote for number option 1 but say click here for KEYWORD tube videos. and have the link be the keyword not the entire phrase.

I have never tested iframes so I cant give you feed back. My first inclination is that it's not ideal for seo. but I can't tell you honestly because I have never personally tested.

another note: if you change the site you will see a temporary penalty that should go away quick especially if you have added quality content to the site and add some good quality inbounds such as an inbound from the dotcom

[CurrentlySober]

Originally Posted by travs

do the number 1

then install the tubesite on a subdomain of .co.uk..then put an attention-grabbing banner on the forum that leads to your tubesite.

Thats the way that I would have done it, had pimproll allowed the 'hostedtube' to be placed on a sub domain... But they dont. Thats why I was happy to sacrifice an old unused forum, and the number 2 spot, (As an experiment) but my main 'joke site' the .com is still untouched at number 1, and I dont wanna fuck that up...

[CurrentlySober]

Originally Posted by icymelon

For seo it's always best to opt for the anchor to be your keyword rather than a click here.

Thanks - I did read your entire post, ut only quoted one line, to clarify that I dont mean 'Literally' CLICK HERE' - Just a text link or banner, as opposed to the other options...