Subdomains VS TLD Domains (Is there that much of a different SEO wise)

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by dawilster, Oct 28, 2009.

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    Hi,

    Its always bugged me the major differences between Subdomains and TLD domains (.com, .net and .info's for example).

    I'm talking from the Search Indexing perspective, is there really that much difference.

    For example which would rank better if the content were practically the same.

    Freeebooks.com or free.ebooks100.com.

    Thanks a lot any insight into these things would be gladly appreciated.
     
    dawilster, Oct 28, 2009 IP
  2. extomas

    extomas Member

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    TLD always get preference over sub domains, but it is not only the factor for rankings.
     
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  3. webdev007

    webdev007 Active Member

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    If all the other condition remains the same then TLDs will be better to go with.
     
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  4. openmindz

    openmindz Active Member

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    You wouldn't see many subdomains ranking better than TLD's provided all conditions were the same SEO-wise with the possibility of this exception:

    Example: You want to rank for "louisiana jambalaya recipe"
    domain:jambalayarecipe.com
    subdomain:louisiana.jambalayarecipe.com

    The subdomain may have a slight advantage here due to the presence of the extra keyword.
     
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  5. Steve Powers

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    TLD domain have its own superiority compared to subdomain.It's wise for you to use tld domain even if the conditions are nearly the same.
     
    Steve Powers, Oct 28, 2009 IP
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    it depends if the subdomain is already stablish its position and trust to search engine it would be rank higher but if they are both newly acquire there is no way that the subdomain will been the tld.
     
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