Trying to test Domain Collapsing / Consoldiation validity for SEO purposes
- by Roy Rico
At work, we're trying to determine the effectiveness of domain collapsing for SEO purposes. Our current structure is to have multiple web apps served from different servers, such as
PUBLIC URLS - directly accessed by users
www1.somecompany.com/webapp1
www2.somecompany.com/webapp2
www3.somecompany.com/webapp3
I'm proposing to put an Apache proxy in front of these applications that will mask the different domains and route the requests to proper server
PUBLIC URL--------routed/forwarded to-----PRIVATE URL
www.somecompany.com/webapp1 <-----> www1.somecompany.com/webapp1
www.somecompany.com/webapp2 <-----> www2.somecompany.com/webapp2
www.somecompany.com/webapp3 <-----> www3.somecompany.com/webapp3
In terms of SEO/page rank value, does this help?