When setting up regional locations on the same website, use different directories or folders on the server to separate them. This will avoid the “near duplicate content” penalty, where content in the same directory is too similar.
For example, if you’re setting up something for all 50 states, put each state in its own folder. Put Washington files in a WA folder. Oregon in OR. And California in a CA folder. Do the same for major cities.
This will help get more pages indexed. More targeted searches. More targeted traffic. And better regional ads on your site.
