Comments on: And the Fight Continues: Subdomains verses Subfolders Part 2 http://www.fathomdelivers.com/blog/index.php/and-the-fight-continues-subdomains-verses-subfolders-part-2/ News, trends & analysis from the online marketing experts. Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:28:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Matt http://www.fathomdelivers.com/blog/index.php/and-the-fight-continues-subdomains-verses-subfolders-part-2/#comment-1425 Matt Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:51:07 +0000 http://www.fathomseo.com/blog/?p=495#comment-1425 Gary, This is a topic that has interested me since I got into the SEO industry. I definitely think using a subfolder is the better option. Even though I've heard that Google can tell that a subdomain is actually a part of the root domain I don't think they've perfected the science yet. Regardless if Google, or the other engines, can tell and we just don't know it yet, I would be uncomfortable taking a chance on a recommending a subdomain - which runs the risk of being treated like a separate site - until it becomes common knowledge that it's treated the same as a subfolder. And that's assuming it will ever get to that point. As one certain car insurance company would say...play it safe. Gary,

This is a topic that has interested me since I got into the SEO industry. I definitely think using a subfolder is the better option. Even though I’ve heard that Google can tell that a subdomain is actually a part of the root domain I don’t think they’ve perfected the science yet.

Regardless if Google, or the other engines, can tell and we just don’t know it yet, I would be uncomfortable taking a chance on a recommending a subdomain – which runs the risk of being treated like a separate site – until it becomes common knowledge that it’s treated the same as a subfolder. And that’s assuming it will ever get to that point.

As one certain car insurance company would say…play it safe.

]]> By: berto http://www.fathomdelivers.com/blog/index.php/and-the-fight-continues-subdomains-verses-subfolders-part-2/#comment-1408 berto Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:36:18 +0000 http://www.fathomseo.com/blog/?p=495#comment-1408 The two are very different in terms of how you get indexed. Directories off the root are just more content that is generally less important than the home page. The sub-directories on the other hand are viewed as separate sites. You can even get individual sets of SiteLinks on Google for a sub-domain. You can even add specific geo-targeting to a sub-domain. The biggest trick to dealing with a sub-domain is to be extra careful to not have any mistakes like content duplication, bad headers, etc. The two are very different in terms of how you get indexed. Directories off the root are just more content that is generally less important than the home page. The sub-directories on the other hand are viewed as separate sites. You can even get individual sets of SiteLinks on Google for a sub-domain. You can even add specific geo-targeting to a sub-domain. The biggest trick to dealing with a sub-domain is to be extra careful to not have any mistakes like content duplication, bad headers, etc.

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