What is better: bulletinboard.whatever . com? or www.whatever .com /bulletinboard Which one should you choose? And if your doing a store, should it be /store or store.wahtevr .com or just a totally new web site all together?
I tend to agree with the above poster. A subdomain counts as its own domain or completely different site if you will. If its a store I would definitely use a subdomain. If its a forum you can use either really. Having a forum in /forum could help your home page PR etc. It is really 6 of one half dozen of another. It depends on what your trying to do. Typically, its best to use a subdomain in this case. hope that helps, Nigel
is it bad if we moved it from root to /dir and then now gonna go to a subdomain? with all the links everywhere linking to it etc....or even is it bad with google to keep changing the site up?
if your going to be able to build links to the new subdomain, then I'd go that way if your not going to have time to build links, use the folder I love subdomains, I use them whenever I can to stay organized.
in my opinion sub folder will be more helpful as if your domain is already well promoted, it would not be hard to promote sub directory, whereas sub domain is treated as NEW DOMAIN and you have to work from scratch
Dunno, how long was it there? If if was not there very long I would just move it. Conversely, if we are talking about something active I would 301 redirect the /dir to the subdomain so you don't lose anything.... that said, however, a subdomain is a brand new site anyway so you should likely 301 it regardless. Nigel
Subdomains work the same as domains but the problem with subdomains is that it can be a hassle. For example, you would have to change your directories a lot and you would need a complete css code. Other than that subdomains are about 70-90 percent effective hile subfolders are 50 - 80 percent effective.
Subdomain will be the best choice but you have to make everything from the scratch (like CSS and blah blah) but you can use the same pattern in /dir .. I don't think there is any difference as far as SEO is concerned ! GNOC
Wow, so many generalizations and wrong information.... The primary answer is that it depends on how much content you have. If the forum will be large enough that it would stand on its own without the parent site, then a subdomain is correct. If (for example) you have a small product and you have a support forum that gets 2 posts per day, put it in a directory. Many of the same people who say the answer is unequivocally a subdomain will also tell you to sculpt your PR using no follow links?!?!? (both have their place btw) You know the real answer? Don't lose to much sleep over it, it's not that big a deal.
ooooh this is a game changer... leave it in place. (and don't fret over it like I said above, it's not that big a deal)
Ok thanks guys. So what about the store: store.whatever .com OR videogamegearstore.whatever .com toolsupplies.whatever .com ??