PageRank on Subdomains

downloadfreak · 10-04-2005, 05:38 AM

Hey,

I was just wondering about how subdomains affect page rank. I'm sure I have read somewhere that google treats subdomains "name.domain.com" a lot more "better" than just "domain.com/directory/", is this true?

If my main site has a PR of 6 "www.domain.com" and I start "something.domain.com" would this have a PR of 0 or 6? Do subdomains PR affect the main domain or just the actual subdomain?

Hope this is clear, thanks for the help.

photomonkey · 10-04-2005, 07:44 AM

I remember reading somewhere that google treats subdomains as a separate "domain". But it has been at least 1 year since I read that. Things might have changed now.

snoopi · 10-04-2005, 11:16 AM

Are you going to (301) redirect any content from your index (or other pages) to the subdomains? Then subdomains can get PR 6-otherwise no they get a 0. Paulo is right, search engines treat subdomains like completely different domains than your domain.com.

I am also interested to hear other opinions on this matter. Thanks Jack for bringing it up

downloadfreak · 10-04-2005, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by snoopi

Are you going to (301) redirect any content from your index (or other pages) to the subdomains? Then subdomains can get PR 6-otherwise no they get a 0. Paulo is right, search engines treat subdomains like completely different domains than your domain.com.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-newbies/128780-pagerank-on-subdomains.html

I am also interested to hear other opinions on this matter. Thanks Jack for bringing it up

Basically I want sub domains for main sections of my site, an example: freetemplates.zymic.com, this will not redirect to zymic.com/freetemplates/ it will simply be a whole new subdomain and not a redirect, I have a feeling that google would treat this as a PR0 however surely linking the subdomain from the main site URL which is PR6 should make the PR go up fairly quickly.

leviathon · 10-04-2005, 12:49 PM

Subdomains are a sub as in a smaller "large part" of a site. Such as Google News being news.google.com and it may have news.google.com/xxxxxxxxx etc.

So basically it's another domain but in the same subject as the base domain

downloadfreak · 10-05-2005, 02:52 AM

Originally Posted by leviathon

Subdomains are a sub as in a smaller "large part" of a site. Such as Google News being news.google.com and it may have news.google.com/xxxxxxxxx etc.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=128780

So basically it's another domain but in the same subject as the base domain

whats that got to do with my question?

tipsfromthetop · 10-05-2005, 03:11 AM

Yep subdomains are treated differently to the main domains a very visible example is Blogging!!

lets say namepros.blog.com is a blog well that will have a totally different PR to the main blog.com

The only attachable benefit to answer your main point to a sub domain is that it will have backlinks etc to your main domain site. So if you need a subdomain i would personally treat that with all the respect you do with your main one.

This is my view others may disagree

hdgamer · 10-08-2005, 02:19 PM

don't worry about sub-domains as much as actual domains. They do not get factored into the algorithms as much as actual domains do.

10-04-2005, 05:38 AM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
downloadfreak Account Suspended Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Norfolk, England. Posts: 1,057	PageRank on Subdomains Hey, I was just wondering about how subdomains affect page rank. I'm sure I have read somewhere that google treats subdomains "name.domain.com" a lot more "better" than just "domain.com/directory/", is this true? If my main site has a PR of 6 "www.domain.com" and I start "something.domain.com" would this have a PR of 0 or 6? Do subdomains PR affect the main domain or just the actual subdomain? Hope this is clear, thanks for the help.

10-04-2005, 07:44 AM	#2 (permalink)
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10-04-2005, 11:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
snoopi Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: E.U. Posts: 1,038	Are you going to (301) redirect any content from your index (or other pages) to the subdomains? Then subdomains can get PR 6-otherwise no they get a 0. Paulo is right, search engines treat subdomains like completely different domains than your domain.com. I am also interested to hear other opinions on this matter. Thanks Jack for bringing it up __________________ WebProxy.cc - Browse what & when you want! :kickass: Brand New Media Site Script MyMediaScript.com:kickass:

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tipsfromthetop NamePros Regular Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ipswich UK Posts: 911	Yep subdomains are treated differently to the main domains a very visible example is Blogging!! lets say namepros.blog.com is a blog well that will have a totally different PR to the main blog.com The only attachable benefit to answer your main point to a sub domain is that it will have backlinks etc to your main domain site. So if you need a subdomain i would personally treat that with all the respect you do with your main one. This is my view others may disagree __________________ Removed Signature due to selling domains.

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