Hi guys i would like to know which of the below mentioned links would a search engine like google give preference to interms of PR. 1.Main Domain: http://www.storenvy.com/stores/67997-newyorkscene 2. SubDomain: http://newyorkscene.storenvy.com NB Both contain the same content. and there are lot of subdomains like the #2 within (storenvy.com)
Well as far as i know google will give slightly priority to www.yourdomainnamehere.com/ newdirectory/ i guess but using as a subdomain is not a good practice as well. I have just started a site with multiple subdomain and i see that there are appearing in decent SERP. I noticed in some case if your subdomain have a keyword then it does help you rank well. something like keyword2.keyword1.com Do take care of your duplicate content issues when you are running multiple subdomains or diretories. All the best
First one is better and you should use canonical urls pointing to the first link from every other pages
@Mindlesswizard Thanks for the reply would you say that the links amount to duplicate content? @sorindsd what if i want to create a marketplace that allows users to have subdomains but still want the public to search within the main site to make life easier. Just like in the case of the links iv posted.What advise would you give in this regard.
You should put canonical url pointing to the first link. So in your example http://newyorkscene.storenvy.com will have canonical url pointing to http://www.storenvy.com/stores/67997-newyorkscene. This should be done for all cases.
Hi, sub domain with same content is not good in terms of SEO so you should take care for duplicate issue. you can use canonical urls pointing to the first link from every other webpages.