Which one should i use? Subdomain or a directory? Help please.

Hi

I have a website and i want to create a new website using same host but different subjects.

Should i use for ex: http://subdomain.domain.com? or http://www.domain.com/subdomain?

Which one is better for google and for other PR or for other things?

I need urgent reply.

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I would recommend using the subdomain approach. This would usually put your main keyword in the FQDN which would in turn be more friendly for search engines.

It also isolates this part of your site from the rest so would be more scalable and hopefully better security-wise.

 

so you recommend me to use subdomain right?

ok
for the old directory should i use .htaccess file
like this:

Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com$1 [L,R=301]

RedirectMatch 301 ^/blog/(.*)$ http://blog.example.com/$1

is it ok?

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or what is the code to redirect directory to a subdomain?

wwww.domain.com/directory
to
directory.domain.com
with search engine friendly

how can i do that?

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also where should i put the .htaccess file?

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A simple Redirect statement, like the one below, should be enough:

Redirect permanent /subdir/ http://subdom.example.com/

This should go in your web server's virtual host section. If all you have access to is the .htaccess file, put the file in the web root of your main domain (such as www.example.com).

 

Am i going to put that code to .htaccess file?

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do you recommend meta refresh tag?is it search friendly?
i have .htaccess file in web root so i have to change it and add this code?

regards