set up blog as subdomain or a folder. Pros and cons.

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MikeSteven

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Jun 15, 2010

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• Jul 11, 2010

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Hi,

I am a newbie and was wondering if there are differences and/or benefits in setting up your blog as a subdomain on your website or simply as a folder on your site?

 

dogmann11

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Jan 26, 2010

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• Jul 11, 2010

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I think a subdomain would be best. That way your keyword optimized subdomain name will appear before the main domain name rather than after as would be the case for a folder. Of course, setting up on a TLD would be best of all.

Other considerations may play in... so I defer to those with more expertise on this forum.

 

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promosirupiah

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Jul 11, 2010

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• Jul 11, 2010

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if subdomain get sandboxed, the main domain may be still safe.

 

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promoi

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Sep 16, 2009

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If you already have a site that has high authority and has been around for a while then you would want to use a folder. This way your blog can gain the benefits from linkjuice, etc.... Unless of course you are going to do something BH... then you would want to protect yourself

 

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MikeSteven

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Jun 15, 2010

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• Jul 12, 2010
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• #5

Ok, since site is new and I might make some mistakes (BH) Woudl be safer to go for subdomain

 

alphad0g

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Jan 9, 2009

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• Jul 12, 2010

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Subdomains work fine. Sometimes they actually even work better if your main page gets a decent amount of hits.

 

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zestoi

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Mar 9, 2010

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if you use a sub you can then create your own backlinks compared with inlinks for a folder. i use both methods - depends on the site, what else i have to promote it, etc.