[rahul dagli]

I wan't to make a website for myself for freelance business in which I wan't to include different services that I wan't to offer like graphic design, web design, 2d, 3d animation, visual effects, motion graphics etc. Should I make separate for each of them or combine into one big site. I also wan't to include my portfolio, blog and forum. Is there any extra benefit of having separate sites in terms of page ranking?

This post has been edited by rahul dagli: 02 October 2011 - 09:47 AM

[Renaissance-Design]

Separate sites will enable them to be more focused, but you shuld be making this decision based on what services logically belong together and which don't.

Graphic design and web design seems to be one logical subset, whereas visual effects and motion graphics belong with each other but not with web design. What you want to ask yourself is, what are the chances of a visitor to your site looking for all those services vs. a logical grouping?

SEO isn't about gaming search engines - work with them, not against them. The whole point of a search engine is to deliver the most relevant results, so work out what the searches are likely to be, then write relevant content for them.

This post has been edited by Renaissance-Design: 02 October 2011 - 10:38 AM

[rallport]

For the blogs especially keep them one your main site domain imo. If you have a graphic design site and a blog about graphic design, keep them both on the saem domain, as any backlinks gained via your blog will benefit the rest of the site too. This wouldn't happen directly if the site and blog were on seperate domains.

[palmgeo]

I suggest you to make one big site and include your all services on it. Work for every single page and interlinked to every page it would be very beneficial for your website. you will get PR soon as compared to make separate website for every service.

[Cristebo]

From my point of view is better to have a website that will have all your attention than 10 websites that present no interest.

[mOxby Design]

With the right amount of keyword research and focussed page topic/content text you can have one 'company' website and then each of your services as a 'department', to use that analogy. Renaissance-Design makes a point about similar services etc, but equally if your website has a clear message and each page has the right focus, then when people search for your services they are delivered the appropriate page in the search results, which is what.

Separate sites may also multiply your work when it comes to link building as a good link gives value to the page and the overall domain, so if you have one domain you are serving all pages well with every link you can build.