Hey, If for example i want to make some niche and instead of buying the goodkeyword.com, just make a sub-domain ie: goodkeyword.example.com? Google give the same scale.. Any tips?
How about when you want to sell the site? A $7.15 investment is nothing too great to make for something that you hope will bring you income
Hey The Emirates Gallastico, I don't have any plans to sell websites I want to make a good niche for affiliate program, seo it and then to enjoy revenues.
I think, if it's only for search engines then maybe there's not a big difference if it's a domain or sub-domain. But it could be worse for getting returning visitors with direct type-ins since the name will be longer and not so easy to remember.
I can confirm this from the visitors point of view. I prefer to type in SomethingDescriptive.com instead of SomethingDescriptive.Domain.com. Otherwise we would all have used free hosting, almost all of them provide free subdomain such as SomethingDescriptive.Awardspace.com.
Hi Metros From a SEO point of view, if the niche site you want to build, has some relation with the main domain, then the best choice will be to use a directory instead of a sub-domain, SEO weight and PR pass easier from the domain to a directory than to a sub-domain. This is my personal experience.
Well, From SE's point of view, sub/main gives the same serp meanings. And i am also pretty sure that most of the visitors won't come to a domainname such > thefullguidehowtoinstallfirewall.com - .IE. And they won't type it for sure, I think i just put my SEO trust that SE's will bring the same traffic ..
Hey Dr Web, I think about non-relation main domain name, for example - meme.com and i want some health niche so results will be > howtohavegoodhealfhlife.meme.com For SE's, that's the same as a "keyword" sure visitors don't like it - but main domain with such name will be annoy as well. I didn't understand the directory part..
I think he has wanted to say to use domain.com/something instead of something.domain.com if "something" has some relation to "domain".
Hey welkin, Thanks for the translate. Well, my plans are in the contrary tbh, so i better do something.domain.com Thanks!
I think it shouldn't be a problem if you're expecting traffic only from search engines. And aslo it shouldn't be a problem to use a subdomain + directory if you want simultaneously For example, something.domain.com/something(else)
If you have a main domain webmaster related, you can use a directory (sub-folder) to install a blog, a tool, a links directory, an article directory, an affiliate site to a service or a product webmaster related, just to give a few examples. Suppose your main domain has good SERPS and good PR, it will pass to your directory (sub-folder) easier than to a sub-domain, suppose your main domain is PR 4, your sub-folders will get PR2 or 3 easier and faster than to a sub-domain. About non-relation with the main domain, then use a sub-domain. I will in a few days launch a new web site, in this case, a blog that I intend to use as a center of my web universe, I will show how you can use only one domain to build your money maker machine, when I need to install a forum, a niche product web site, directory, script or ebook site, is just create a sub-domain or a folder. Hope you understand my point of view, english is not my primary language, sometimes it's a litttle difficult to explain my ideas.
Hey dr web, Indeed i get your point of view. My idea is to make a domain and a "small directory" even "index" , ie: golf, health, movies etc.. And every one have his own niche - every niche will get his own SERP promote. So, from my experience - might be that sub-domain will get higher PR then the main domain, but i don't care
Youve got the right idea.. For instance, instead of registering musicstuff.com, carstuff.com, travelstuff.com, etc., get stuff.com, then you can create music.stuff.com, etc. etc. Thats basicly what a subdomain is for. You may also get some use out of this article from matt cutts blog on subdomains. http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/subdomains-and-subdirectories/