One set of links better than other?

I have a chance to get 25 links from either of the following methods:

www.domian.com/linkpage1/ thru www.domain.com/linkpage25/
or
www.linkpage1.domain.com thru www.linkpage25.domain.com

Is one better than the other?

 

Yes -- the one that actually has backlinks to it will be better.

 

assume they both have approx the same backlinks, both are on topic, etc. all essensially the same except for the sub-directory vrs sub-domain issue.

 

Let me add to that......... anaylize where the backlinks are coming from. If one has backlinks from a "trusted" site or several with good SERPS go with that one.

The way the URL is formatted does not matter a whole lot. The quality of the backlinks is what matters.

 

All else being equal, whether it's a subdomain or a subdirectory is irrelevant.

 

Wait a moment.

Isn't it so that a strong domain makes strong directories but with a subdomain it starts over at zero as it is like another domain?

Example: Free webhost called "freewebhostX". The free service is huge and has 10 000 accounts. In this case the domain is perhaps strong with high PageRank, backlinks etc. but with the free account JoeBlow.freewebhostX.com, it is started over from scratch.

I have even confirmed it in my SEO test. KW in a directory on a high valued domain is ranked high even if the link popularity is divided equal amongst the test pages.

So, choose option 1.

 

PR is based on pages. Not sites. Whether example1.com/page.html links to example1.com/page2.html or example2.com/page2.html doesn't matter. They're all pages. Likewise, whether you link to example.com/example/ or example.example.com, it's all the same. Links are links, pages are pages.

 

Yes this is correct, but I was not speaking of PR, I was speaking about ranking in the SERPs.
My test confirms it. And if you want to see more you can simply look at the Google SERPs on some simple queries.

For example, if CNN makes a new directory named "apple" and for example the only link pointing to it is from another PR 1 page. I bet you that it will still show up good in the SERPs simple because the directory is on the CNN domain which has a PR of 9.

 

I doubt it, but then again, we'll never know (unless Shawn here would be willing to add a directory and let us link from a low-PRed page). PR, SERPs, links, the whole shebang -- it's by pages, not domains.