Subdomains effect Search Engine Placement?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Guthix121, Mar 4, 2009.

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    I was just curious, do subdomains effect the search engine placement? For example, all other factors aside, which would rank better for 'Sports Forum'?

    sports.com
    forum.sports.com

    Thanks :cool:
     
    Guthix121, Mar 4, 2009 IP
  2. antirem

    antirem Peon

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    because of the words in the domain yes, if its the same as your keyword.
     
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  3. Guthix121

    Guthix121 Well-Known Member

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    So if I have a site that's ONLY a forum, should I redirect the domain to forums.mydomain.com or leave it as mydomain.com?
     
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  4. dickieknee

    dickieknee Active Member

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    google considers sub domains a new website and not associated with your main domain, naturally if you have duplicate content then this will receive a penalty

    sticking a forum on the root domain limits your ability to do anything else with your domain,

    in the words of matt cutts, if you are installing a blog then do not install the blog in the root domain but rather put it in a folder (called blog for example) and then point the install to the root so that it appears the blog reside on the root domain
     
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  5. generation2020

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    You can either try to get a good subdomains like using name in the sub domain instead of using number or coding...try to promote them as well
     
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