Will Google penalize subdomains if content is nearly identical
- by John Pham
I have created a subdomain for a town in San Diego that's ranking very well for it's keywords:
http://carmelvalleymortgage.loanrebateinc.com/
I want to replicate this subdomain's content for another town in San Diego:
http://sandiego.mortgage.loanrebateinc.com/
I will edit the text, tags, image files specific to each town, otherwise the verbiage will be identical.
Question:
Will Google penalize the main site?
Will Google penalize the subdomains and list the content as spam?
If yes to either 1 or 2, what strategies can I implement to prevent this?
I'm using WordPress.