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JahRuhle · 04-17-2010, 11:26 PM

I had a few questions about subdomains before I start building a new site of mine.

1. sports.com/basketball/kobebryant vs basketball.sports.com/kobebryant

Which one is more SEO friendly? Does it even matter

2. Lets say I got a shitload of backlinks for sports.com; Will this affect the SEO of basketball.sports.com? Or do I have to seperate backlinks for every subdomain?

3. Is there a way to mass install Wordpress on all my subdomains or do i have to do each one individually?

4. Am i headed the wrong direction using subdomains like this at all? Should I just be going the generic website.com/folder/folder?

HurrDurr · 04-18-2010, 01:36 AM

wpmu is your friend

dchuk · 04-18-2010, 02:39 PM

You should probably start off with just the standard domain.com/folder/page...

generally, subdomains are treated as separate entities from the main domains, but the authority of the domain can help support the subdomain. Unless you have a need to split things out into subdomains like that, you're best off keeping it all under the domain.com umbrella and building out a nice big longtail oriented site.

moratraffic · 04-18-2010, 03:30 PM

1. sports.com/basketball/kobebryant for most sites. If everything is directly related on your site and they are basically sub-categories, I see no need to create subdomains. On a site like say cnn, I would use sports.cnn.com, news.cnn.com etc.

2. As dchuk said, it will help but not as much as having it under the main domain.

3. As HurrDurr said, install the wordpress mu, which is a platform where you can create multiple sites either using subdomains or you can create them in folders.

4. For a new site, there is no need to do subdomains really. Just make it easy on yourself and stick with folders for now while you focus on other more important things, like traffic and content.

Bompa · 04-19-2010, 05:07 AM

Sticky this to your monitor...

Sub domains are *different* domains.

Bompa

JahRuhle · 04-19-2010, 05:09 AM

that clears things up :-) thank you gentlemen

dejanlesi · 04-19-2010, 06:29 AM

Yes, search engines threat subdomains as a new domain name so you will have to do separate backlinking for your subdomains. Of course the link from your main site will push the subdomain if you have an authority site but still the better way is to go through folders and not subdomains..

teguh123 · 06-24-2010, 05:19 AM

That means I do not need to buy too many domains. Hmm...... Hmm..........

04-17-2010, 11:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
JahRuhle Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 167 iTrader: 4 / 100%	Subdomain Questions I had a few questions about subdomains before I start building a new site of mine. 1. sports.com/basketball/kobebryant vs basketball.sports.com/kobebryant Which one is more SEO friendly? Does it even matter 2. Lets say I got a shitload of backlinks for sports.com; Will this affect the SEO of basketball.sports.com? Or do I have to seperate backlinks for every subdomain? 3. Is there a way to mass install Wordpress on all my subdomains or do i have to do each one individually? 4. Am i headed the wrong direction using subdomains like this at all? Should I just be going the generic website.com/folder/folder? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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dchuk Senior Botter Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: San Diego,CA Posts: 5,466 iTrader: 35 / 100%	You should probably start off with just the standard domain.com/folder/page... generally, subdomains are treated as separate entities from the main domains, but the authority of the domain can help support the subdomain. Unless you have a need to split things out into subdomains like that, you're best off keeping it all under the domain.com umbrella and building out a nice big longtail oriented site. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ MY BLOG - LAYERED THOUGHTS Latest Post: "Competitors Are Awesome You Dummy"

04-18-2010, 03:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
moratraffic Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Gettysburg Posts: 587 iTrader: 19 / 100%	1. sports.com/basketball/kobebryant for most sites. If everything is directly related on your site and they are basically sub-categories, I see no need to create subdomains. On a site like say cnn, I would use sports.cnn.com, news.cnn.com etc. 2. As dchuk said, it will help but not as much as having it under the main domain. 3. As HurrDurr said, install the wordpress mu, which is a platform where you can create multiple sites either using subdomains or you can create them in folders. 4. For a new site, there is no need to do subdomains really. Just make it easy on yourself and stick with folders for now while you focus on other more important things, like traffic and content. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ My blog is back! (I know you missed it...)

04-19-2010, 05:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
Bompa Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Philippine Islands Posts: 866 iTrader: 166 / 100%	Sticky this to your monitor... Sub domains are different domains. Bompa Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________

04-19-2010, 05:09 AM	#6 (permalink)
JahRuhle Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 167 iTrader: 4 / 100%	that clears things up :-) thank you gentlemen Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

04-19-2010, 06:29 AM	#7 (permalink)
dejanlesi Banned Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 34 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Yes, search engines threat subdomains as a new domain name so you will have to do separate backlinking for your subdomains. Of course the link from your main site will push the subdomain if you have an authority site but still the better way is to go through folders and not subdomains.. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

06-24-2010, 05:19 AM	#8 (permalink)
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