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Old 04-08-2010, 03:25 AM THREAD STARTER               #1 (permalink)
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Sub domain or subfolder which is more SEO friendly?


I am little bit confuse on sub domain and sub folder, which is the best choice.
1. My website all ready have page rank 2 .Now I want create some more section in details. Should I go for sub domain or sub folder? Which one is better?
2. My another question is did my present page rank will follow in all my sub domain or I have to promote individually all sub domains and what is case in case of sub folder ?
3. What you thing which is easy to remember sub domain or sub folder from the point of view of visitor?
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Old 04-08-2010, 03:40 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I think sub domain is better than sub folder. Your present page rank will not follow in sub domain. You will have to promote individually each sub domain. I think sub domain is easy to remember.
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my opinion is both are same with SEO..

But working with a sub domain is easier than sub folders.. it changes if you going to work with complicated databases..
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Old 04-10-2010, 01:43 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dotMPEG View Post
my opinion is both are same with SEO..

But working with a sub domain is easier than sub folders.. it changes if you going to work with complicated databases..
I agree that both are virtually the same for seo. I disagree, however, that subdomain is easier to work with. On the contrary, subdirectory is easier to work with than a subdomain:
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/search-engines/649639-sub-domain-subfolder-more-search-engine.html

1. A subdomain requires making changes to web server configuration (apache, iis, tomcat, etc), but not for a subdirectory; you just create the subdirectory and off you go

2. DNS resolution is required for a subdomain to be visible to the web whereas no additional dns resolution is needed for the subdirectory other than the initial dns config for the main domain

3. Your webhost may not allow you to create subdomains or they may only allow only 1 or 2 subdomains. There is usually no such restriction on dsubdirectories.
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IMO subfolders are better than subdomains as you can increase the pageviews and you get the benefit of the pr.
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Old 04-10-2010, 09:45 PM   #6 (permalink)
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both are same in ters of SEO..but if u make sundomain and can make more pageviews from visitors then it will increase ur G Pr..
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I really don't know why there are two people commenting this thread saying sub domains and folders are the same for SEO

Because they are not

Page rank won't transfer to sub domains but will transfer to sub folders... not only page rank but also if you've spent ages working on back links etc getting your site to rank well etc then you will have to do all that work all over again for the sub domain

I do think tho that search engines consider sites with sub domains as being reletively seperate from the main domain.. and content is king .. so having your content split between domain and sub domain may just hinder your effort even further
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subdomians are considered as separate sites where subfolders are part of the same site. so when it comes to SEO, subfolders are are your best option.
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