How are subdomains any better than just a deeper level of the domain... For instance www.domain.com/xx vs. www.xx.domain.com I dont really see the advantage of the subdomain but it seems to be an important feature when hosts are advertising. Maybe im unknowledgeable or just lazy... For instance when using domain.com/xx I can just go href="test.html" or href="../images" That seems pretty easy to me and a good shortcut without having to hardcode everything like xx.domain.com/test.html Is there a way to have shorter code that can easily transfer to another domain without recoding if needed? Also does a subdomain of xx.domain.com just point to domain.com/xx ? Again maybe I just dont understand the full use of a subdomain, or im just lazy.
Google changed their algorithms in December 2007 regarding subdomains and subdirectories. You may want to read what Matt Cutts has to say about it
Hopefully I am understanding your question correctly. But, sub-domains help with prices alot, you only have to have one hosting site, to set up the sub domains, and then you can add a sub domain from your hosting site, and purcahse another domain, and have that domain forward to you subdomain that way you are only having to pay for one hosting company. Lets say I have....shawnsdomain.com....and i wanted to create another site called...shawnsdomain#1.com....I would take shawnsdomain.com and add a subdomain, then I would foward everything from the subdomain of shawnsdomain.com to the domain shawnsdomain#1.com, and it would look and appear as though they are 2 seperate domains and 2 seperate host.
Im not talking about the answer you provided I am saying shawsdomain.com/lookatme vs lookatme.shawnsdomain.com I would think it would be easier to code a website for the /lookatme one versus the look.shawns.com Maybe I have the wrong concept of subdomain then. Was just curious if there was a benefit of having something like me.test.com rather than test.com/me... Subdomains seem to be a big thing people want in hosting plans.