Is it true that sub domains are difficult to rank?

Do you agree that sub domains are difficult to rank that the main website? If so please explain.

 

Hi,
I too have the same doubt..... please explain.

 

I believe yes. But is it measurable or how much would it affect?

 

Yes, i agree, ranking subdomain is difficult, but not impossible. Effective link prospecting is required to rank subdomains.

 

It should not be as subdomain is treated as a different site. Further 'www' is also a subdomain.

 

It is as difficult as ranking a regular domain.

 

Not at all, I don't see why ranking a subdomain would be harder than a main domain or even a page. What's the reason you think so?

 

Even though subdomain is considered as another site by SEs, i'd say ranking/link building to subdomain is more or less difficult and i've experimented the same. Let us start from the basics.
If someone is doing good/high pr directory submission, the directory rules clearly states that only the root domain is allowed and not subdomains in the URL field. I've seen good/high pr article submission sites disallow subdomain (exception to few). Even when doing blog commenting/guest blogging, many website owners hesitate to allow subdomain URL to be added (exception to few).
As i said earlier, even though subdomain is harder to rank than normal rootdomain URL, I wont say it is impossible to rank.

 

From my experience. Yes

 

I'm thinking to have sub domain about news to my website
can anyone explain why it's difficult if that real ?

 

Not true. As you can see many of the sub-domain under wikipedia is rank at #1 at google

 

that's what i thought i agree with you

 

You can get subdomains to rank with a bit more work and time, but if you can afford to, use a separate domain name for each of your sites. I use all separate domains, but then I pay for all domains under one hosting plan with Hostgator (I use add-on domains), so you're not paying separate hosting for each domain.