Howdy all, I'm just wondering if there are any setbacks when creating subdomains featuring something totally different from the main site. Are these subdomains still considered an entity on its own? Also when creating sub-domains, which of the following are better for SEO and are there any disadvantages to either one? 1] forum.domain.com 2] domain.com/forum/ Thanks so much in advance! Regards, Daryl
somewhat . .. if you want links to help your over all pagerank, a sub directory is better (I'm sure people will disagree with me on this)
I would go with /forum. It will help you to increase your PR overall. For instance your main site www.yoursite.com = PR 6 where as the www.yoursite.com/forum = PR 4.
Whoa thanks guys for the replies. I think I'll go the subdomain way since I do want to treat it as an entity of its own much like DP forum here. I understand that linking between subdomains and main can be dangerous to the eyes of big G... how true is this?
It was abused by some warez and porn guys but i can't think Google bans or descrease the quality of the sites based on that alone I too like subdomains and in fact i used them for used for me and my customers