forum.domain.com or domain.com/forum

Which do you prefer...

forum.domain.com

or

domain.com/forum


Why?

 

Domain.com/forum is better. Forum.domain.com seems to be a lot obsurd - and not as easier to remember.

 

Forgotten is right, stick with domain.com/forum. I think it's easier on your members to remember. The best solution however is to have the forums on the homepage, IMO.

 

domain.com/forums is easier

 

Basically, I'm adding a comment or two. If you have a plan to set up a portal (in the future) and make a fancy entrance page on www, then use forum.xxx123abc.com. If not, you should just stick to www.

 

Place forum at root of directory if possible...and if VB or IPB, use a CMS/portal to integrate with the forum script...much cleaner appearance

 

i like root not that forum
if i need to add a page i will use CMS

 

/forum better, although forums.yoursite.com may actually perform better in terms of SEO since it is considered as a separate site.