Which url would be better for SEO?

For example, if i owned a dog review website, yet the domain www .dogreview.com was taken and i thought the most appropriate was mydog.com, would it be better seo to go for:

mydog.com/review or
review.mydog.com

(looking for the keyword "dog review")

The root address of mydog.com won't actually be used, just forwarded to the one of the above.

Which is better?

 

I prefer not to use subdomains as they confuse users, however if you have an authoritative site you can dominate rankings using subdomains. Intel owns 5 of the top 6 positions.

 

I only use sub domains of the topics are not related

 

Best go with mydog.com/review

 

i would say so, better not to use subdomain

 

I'd personally go with mydog.com/review

 

I would stay away from the subdomain.

 

Gotta agree with that ... additionally subdomains will probably require more maintenance & setup time as your site expands

 

This is also my choice in this case

 

There any reason why NO ONE likes subdomains?

 

A pain to set up and manage?

 

how so? It's quick and easy in cpanel...

 

Ye, im a little bit confused aswell... then again i don't subdomains. The only trouble i can see is when setting up sites, if it doesn't configure properly you just gotta change one of two links in the configuration, but then again it will be the same when using subfolders

 

subdomains are completely new domains for the search engines.

because of this, it will be difficult to get good serp position with subdomains.

using folders is a better option for seo

 

I would use folders based on what has been said.

Also, its "dog review", not "review my dog". So unless it will be a web 2.0 site where users upload their dog for you to review, go with the folder naming.

 

Well i agree with mydog.com/review .

 

ok, thanks peeps!

 

hi dude

i would suggest to mydog.com/review

Thanks