"Subfolder" and "Subdomain", Which is better in seo terms?

Hi there, I decided to add article directory to my site in aim to create real estate content. I'm not sure which is better between

1. subfolder : http://www.mysite.com/article/

2. subdomain : http://article.mysite.com/

If second choice is better, It would be good in seo terms if I use subdomain like this

http://real.estateround.com

Regards,
Sxperm

 

Here's a topic from not too long about that covers subfolders vs subdirectories.

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=45621&highlight=subdomain

Hopefully you will find the information you are after there.

 

I personally use subdomains very effectively. Blogger is a perfect example fo that also. Every single blog is on its own subdomain. But they are still all coming from the same IP.

And we know how effective blogger blogs can be when used correctly.

Brad

 

blogger is a very good example of subdomains

 

Subdomains are always my preference.

In the Black Hat field, I like to use wildcard subdomains to really vamp up traffic to my blog networks.

 

thanks for the suggestion. I searched this thread through Google.

one advantage of subdomain is you can put keywords into the url.

 

I don't like sub domains because it has to start ranking from scratch.