Comments on: Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) for "coming soon" pages.

By: Web Design Mauritius

Web Design Mauritius — Mon, 10 May 2010 07:02:01 +0000

Thanks for your comment Omer and I'm glad that it has convinced you on the importance of such pages and having them working smoothly.

However, I don't think that you need to clean things up after the site is launched as the "coming soon" page would be the index page and that one will eventually be changed into your actual index page.

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By: Omer Greenwald

Omer Greenwald — Sat, 08 May 2010 09:53:16 +0000

Very interesting. As a web developer I have never given much thought to the coming soon page but your post really convinced me there is a good reason to do this.
The only thing to remember is to remove the coming soon URL (or cached version) from Google search results (you can do that using Google Webmaster Tools).
Great post, Sachin.

By: Web Design Mauritius

Web Design Mauritius — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:22:26 +0000

Kurt, this is a good strategy for those (like you) who have several domain names and coming projects. It makes the whole thing work while you are not doing anything about it. How about that? Great idea huh?

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By: Web Design Mauritius

Web Design Mauritius — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:17:18 +0000

Hey, nice to see you around here Keith. Great stress you made on an important point. SEO should really be considered early in a project. Even before code and specs (maybe...).

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By: Kurt Avish

Kurt Avish — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 06:36:51 +0000

Seriously this is one thing I never thought about. (Weird). I do have some domain names awaiting some free time from me start on. But right now I only have a under construction page with no meta desc or keywords and title.
Going to edit these right now.
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By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:54:15 +0000

Tottaly goes to show how early SEO strategy should be considered when building identity on the web… In this day and age (there’s a thousand websites for everything these days, it seems!), every little bit helps.

By: Web Design Mauritius

Web Design Mauritius — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:59:27 +0000

Thanks for the comment Girish. This idea just comes from my personal thought and experimentation and I wanted to share it with the readers here.

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By: Web Design Mauritius

Web Design Mauritius — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:57:22 +0000

Thanks for reading Robyn. This strategy is a great one when a project is well thought out. This would include no domain name change at the end but you never know.

A very good implementation in any case if this is well directed.

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By: Girish

Girish — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:59:58 +0000

Hey thanks for the tips. Never thought these pages could be that important. :lol:

By: Robyn from Sam's Web Guide

Robyn from Sam's Web Guide — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:11:28 +0000

This is an extremely vital strategy Sachin. I will definitely implement this for my future projects.
Before this technique is used, its very important to have a solid and sure plan that is already confirmed by the team. This ensures that no major changes, like a domain name change, takes place when its time to launch. If that happens then the Pagerank would be lost.