Mobile Disco Directory - mobilediscodirectory.co.uk / .uk
Mobile Disco Forum - mobilediscoforum.co.uk / .uk
Mobile DJ Forum - mobiledjforum.co.uk / .uk
Except a like-for-like comparison with "PIN Number" and "PAT Testing" would be "MDD Directory", which is what we're trying to move away from
Seriously, though, you raise a good point. Some traffic comes from searches for "MDD Forum". Maybe we should keep the directory after all, or some kind of tie-in with an existing one...
Also, MDD does sound better than MDF, which is kinda wooden lol!
I still think the name might have to change if we drop the directory, though...
Last edited by Marc J; 14-11-2019 at 02:36 PM.
This crosses over with another post about SEO, but I should point out that if you do change the forum, it'd be nice if you did it in a way that maintained it's reputation with Google (it's pretty highly rated, probably because it's contains a lot of industry specific quality content).
Just thinking, if you change domains, flipped the software to something else and kept the posts, Google will probably miss the link, treat it as copied content and rate it down?
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While it could be done all at once, I'd likely do each change separately. Each time there'd be 301 redirects put in place, and if done separately probably about 6 months in between stages, to let things settle. Any old URLs will always be redirected to the same content at the new location, and the 301 code tells Google that the content has moved and to update their index accordingly.
Last edited by Marc J; 16-11-2019 at 12:30 PM.
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OK, I had a look at the directory and it turns out it's not quite as broken as I thought it was. I fixed a few issues and it still needs a lot of work if it's to be kept, including a complete redesign.
Still thinking aloud, even if the directory part of the site were to be kept, it'd still be beneficial to separate the two both from a management and security perspective. So, www.mobilediscodirectory.co.uk would be just the directory, and (for example) www.mobilediscoforum.co.uk would be just the forum, with links between the two as they are now.
Or would that be confusing for visitors?
Last edited by Marc J; 17-11-2019 at 08:05 PM.
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