Subdomain Question

Hi folks, in a nutshell, I do too many things at once. It has become impossible to revamp my website, so I am going to split it in two. All things computing to go on one site and all things web/design/marketing/seo on the original site.

Should I simply stick the computing stuff(alot of stuff) on a subdomain?(computing.jnlew.com), or should I create a new domain for this?

So for instance, I would have jnlew design group, and jnlew computing.

thanks, much
Nigel

 

i think you must spilit them with folder like sitename.com/computer/ because subdomains are completely new domains in the eye of search engines

 

I would actually have them on two separate domain names since the two businesses are complete oposite of each other. This way you can list both of the sites in directories and other link building campaigns. I wouldn't use a domain name since it is harder to work with for name branding, plus as stated above directories (not all) will not allow you to submit both the main site and the sub directory. By using just a separate folder on the same domain name, this would give you less options for building your backlinks since you cannot list both your main website and then the sub folder on the directories. They are two businesses, so get two domain names and you will thank yourself in the long run.

 

If you put the "new site" in a directory as trichnosis suggests you do, the search engines will treat those directories as part of the main Web site - which is not what you want.

You basically have two choices. You can keep them under your existing domain but use a subdomain to separate the various "sub sites" (which search engines will consider to be separate sites) or you can shell out $10 or so and register a new domain name for each new site you want and promote them that way.

Regardless of what you do though, be prepared to set up 301 redirects from the old pages to the new ones so you don't lose any PR or hurt your standings in the search engines too much. You may notice a temporary "hit" but it'll be just that - temporary.

 

Hi, thanks for the responses. I think I will stick it on its own domain. My site is already categorized by folder. It's a complete train wreck and has been for a while.

Now, I must be one of the few victims of 301 related issues because I did one from my old site to the new one about a year and a half ago. Now.. I am nowhere to be found and have no backlinks any more. I figured it was time to stir things up lol....

I haven't paid any attention to my seo since then, but good grief. My site dissapeared almost immediately. I am unconvinced about Google's ability to handle the 301 frankly but I think I am a fairly rare case.

thanks again,
Nigel