Links from sub-domain considered as internal links?
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curious_
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Thanks for the answer.
Still have these interconnected questions:
- Are the links between domain and sub-domain considered as internal links? If yes, can I use money anchors pretty aggressively when I link from sub-domain pages to domain pages? (In my experience when you do internal linking under one domain, anchor ratio is not that important, but I don't know how it works between domain <> subdomain linking)
- Can I build a silo of content on sub-domain that will help to rank my money page on my domain? Or spreading the whole silo structure between domain and sub-domain doesn't work for ranking?
hideath
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yes it is
that's it,
I would go with main keywords as anchors giving some signal to google
it's not really that different from the main domain in here,
it's almost the same as going with a subfolder or using the pages in the main domain
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Subdomains are considered separate entities from the root domain, consequently the links between the root domain and the subdomain are classified as external.
GusanoDelNapo
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Yes they are internal links. if you dont interlink the subdomains may be considered as a ew domain
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Actually, that is incorrect, a sub domain is classfied as a standalone domain in relation to the root domain. There is no interlinking between the two; only external links. Ask anyone who has any of these configurations. Or, better yet, find a domain with any of these configurations and run them through Ahrefs.
- Root domain + shop
- Root domain + forum
- Root domain + help desk
- Root domain + portfolio
It would look like this:
Code:
https://bencopper.wordpress.com/Ben's subdomain is EXTERNAL from WordPress.com.
If Ben happens to receive a BL from WordPress.com, it will show up in Ahrefs as a RD, an external link.
Hope that helps.
GusanoDelNapo
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Of course, my point is that if subdomains are not interlinked to the main domain, they will be considered as different domains
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They are classified as separate domains rather they are linked or not.
Code:
https://ignitevisibility.com/why-blogs-on-subdomains-are-basically-worthless-for-seo/#googleindexsubdomain
https://moz.com/community/q/are-links-between-a-subdomain-and-a-root-domain-internal-or-externalGusanoDelNapo
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That ain't true. Big company sites that have their content in different languages are treated as 1 domain, not as different ones. If that was the case, they wouldn't even bother to translate the content.
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GusanoDelNapo, I promise you, run ANY root domain + subdomain through Ahrefs, the Screaming Frog, Rank Math, Surfer SEO or RavenTools and any links between them are going to show up as external links, not internal links.
GusanoDelNapo
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Google is not those tools. They can say whatever they want, but google says what goes
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Can you please show me real life examples of root domains being interlinked between sub domains?
And, by the way, those tools get their data sets and metrics from Google.
IMMFROMPORTUGAL
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yeah google used to count them as different websites... don't know if anything changed but that has been the case since forever.
curious_
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Thanks for the answer!
Does it still pass link juice if money pages are on domain.com but the blog is on subdomain.domain.com/blog ?
There is one link in the footer to the blog from the main domain.com and lots of links from subdomain.domain.com/blog to domain.com
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Rankster, this is new to me, can you show proof that when a root domain has a link from a sub domain, (or vice-a-versa) that it is in fact internal linking and not external linking?
curious_, an external link can pass link juice off course, but your initial question was, "are those links considered internal links?"
And the answer is no!
Instead of going back and forth and receiving misinformation that will drive you in the wrong SEO direction, why not run tests for yourself?
Here is the answer to your question, yet again.
Source:
Code:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/glossary/subdomain/You obviously, want to get this right, correct?
Hopefully, you now have enough proof to make the best SEO decision.
curious_
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Thank you so much @Crewchief007!
This is extremely timely because I'm currently in the middle of making a decision to move from subdomain to subdirectory.
If/when things go well, I may write a separate post on the outcome of that migration.
Any good articles/guides on how to move the whole blog from subdomain to subdirectory?
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I haven't looked but I'm sure there are tons of them.
My system is...
I create a Excel spreadsheet called the Website Template, (for example: MyWebsite.com Template)
In that spreadsheet, I input every link that I create, that includes (pages, posts, and images).
I also indictate, which links are to be indexed, and which ones get tagged, NO-index.
I use that spreadsheet for backlink architecture, SEO Siloing, link building, internal linking, 301 redirects, migrating sites and locating 404 issues.
My point?
You should have some type of accounting of all of the links for your website and sub domains, AS YOU BUILD THEM!
That stated, I would run your subdomain through XENU to account for every single solitary URL on your sub domain.
Code:
https://xenus-link-sleuth.en.softonic.com/Next, (before you move the sub domain) create a spreadsheet with the sub domain URLs pointing to the new "MATCHING" sub-directory URLs.
At that point, you have created your sub directory and all you have to do is activate your 301 redirects.
Your last step is checking and the rechecking your work; you want to make sure that you have no new 404s popping up.
Hope that helps!