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Discussion in 'Domains' started by Beginer, May 30, 2006.

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    What is the difference between a subdomain a domain name ? will i get more traffic with a real domain ?
     
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  2. 2ndPlatform

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    #2
    A domain is www.domain.com...

    A subdomain would be forum.domain.com or travel.domain.com

    As far as traffic goes - as long as you SEO your pages right, I'd think you could potentially get a similar amount of traffic for either.
     
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    A subdomain can cause confusion with non-techie users and where you can type www.digitalpoint.com in emails or posts you have to put the http:// in for a subdomain for the link to go live automatically.

    I've just moved my blog from a subdomain where it did VERY well but I didn't want it to be tied permanently. However on the www.nzpif.org.nz site we've used subdomains for each region and hope to have an increased presence in the SERPs because of that.
     
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    Sort of along the same thread as sarahk says - from a non-techie standpoint, your regular Joe is probalby going to remember "www.something.com" rather than "otherword.something.com" -- you might catch more traffic from word of mouth advertising that way.
     
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