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 Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 11:09 pm Post subject: Subdomain: Pros and Cons |
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What are pros and cons of setting up a subdomain(s)?
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domainaddicted.com
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| When you use subdomains it hard for people to remember the domains. |
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htmlmaster
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As in subdomain.yourdomain.com or subdomain.yourhostname.com?
The former is fairly useful, as some people would rather type a subdomain than a /folder/, but the latter is highly improfessional and unpopular.
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| Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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| htmlmaster wrote: | As in subdomain.yourdomain.com or subdomain.yourhostname.com?
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Former. This site is a great example.
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iatbm
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just look at yahoo.com and about.com .... they are successful ... why you should be with subdomain
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Hi
Use of a subdomain, or a few sub-domains to separate out distinct subject areas on a website could work very well in terms of SEO. Since each subdomain is a website in its own right, each having its own index.htm page. This way the site is sub-divided and optimised differently depending on what you want to promote.
However, on the flip side, I have been able to achieve similar results by using
websitename.com/category1/index.html
websitename.com/category2/index.html
websitename.com/category3/index.html
etc etc etc
each folder optimised and promoted to the subject area.
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Ant
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i do occasionally use them if they are site specific, for example forums.mainsite.com but would never use them to house separate projects, always use a new domain name for that.
Ant
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| Ant wrote: | i do occasionally use them if they are site specific, for example forums.mainsite.com but would never use them to house separate projects, always use a new domain name for that.
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... maybe I'm a bit cheap. Whenever I think about setting up a new site on a new domain, I think about the cost of registration.
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But it's next to nothing, a few dollars, well worth it in my opinion.
The initial launch period is the hardest of all, trying desperately to get people to come to your site, every little advantage helps and a domain looks far more professional and permanent, more encouraging.
Ant
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| Ant wrote: | i do occasionally use them if they are site specific, for example forums.mainsite.com but would never use them to house separate projects, always use a new domain name for that.
Ant |
I agree with that, exactly, if I were to start a new project, i would never use a subdomain, unless its something related like articles.site.com, or what Ant said
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pro: if the main site is penalized in google, the subdomain can still operate independantly
con: more maintenance, isn't included in sitemaps
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con: more maintenance, isn't included in sitemaps |
Most maintenance, yes. I don't worry about sitemap. It's that not difficult to create a couple of sitemaps.
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but the fact is that you need to create a sitemap for each one, which is a pain, especially when you have a lot of subdomains
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| frankcow wrote: | | but the fact is that you need to create a sitemap for each one, which is a pain, especially when you have a lot of subdomains |
... what software do you use to create sitemap?
I used GSiteCrawler ( http://gsitecrawler.com/ ) to create sitemaps, and it's really easy to create sitemaps. Once I make a couple of clicks, I can just run on the background. I just wait for a while, and once it's done, I just upload a newly created sitemap.
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