No, I think a coming soon page can be pretty smart. I think it’s good for users so they don’t just end up on a black hole page that doesn’t resolve or something like that.
If you have some content that’s coming out, I don’t think there’s any harm from ‘coming soon’ page. And as you get more content, you can put that content out there; when the full site is ready, you can have the full site out there.
I wouldn’t worry about ranking-wise that being a problem. I think it can be a good thing for users and a good thing for search engines.
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