Sub Folders, Subdomains or Redirect

cursor · 07-08-2005, 04:50 AM

Hi all,

I have a peculiar question. I am building a site with a few topics and I would like to segregate them for best search engine placement now my question is this what should I making it like.

xyz.com/topic1
xyz.com/topic2

or

topic1.xyz.com, topic2.xyz.com

or

should i redirect users who come to topic1.xyz.com to xyz.com/topic1

which one do you recommend.. and which one is better for search placement.

Laurent Van Winckel · 07-08-2005, 10:33 AM

I would either do subdomain or subfolder, but surely not redirecting. And between those 2, I don't think there's a difference, though I would personally choose the subfolder. Anyway, that's your choice. Google won't have a problem with both of them.

puzzlebox · 07-14-2005, 12:27 AM

subfolders will be better.

that's from other forums I've read.

mekingo · 09-27-2008, 09:18 PM

I recently read that excessive links (more than 4) between sites (subdomains) was considered "crosslinking" by G.. and would get all involved sites penalized. I had planned to have subdomains for Web Design, SEO, Graphic Design, etc. and "crosslink" them for obvious reasons. I don't see why this would be a problem since they are seperate specialties but are related to each other. Any ideas?
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cursor Noogle Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sub Folders, Subdomains or Redirect Hi all, I have a peculiar question. I am building a site with a few topics and I would like to segregate them for best search engine placement now my question is this what should I making it like. xyz.com/topic1 xyz.com/topic2 or topic1.xyz.com, topic2.xyz.com or should i redirect users who come to topic1.xyz.com to xyz.com/topic1 which one do you recommend.. and which one is better for search placement.

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Laurent Van Winckel Google Freak Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 445 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I would either do subdomain or subfolder, but surely not redirecting. And between those 2, I don't think there's a difference, though I would personally choose the subfolder. Anyway, that's your choice. Google won't have a problem with both of them.

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puzzlebox Googler Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 74 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	subfolders will be better. that's from other forums I've read.

09-27-2008, 09:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
mekingo Noogle Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I recently read that excessive links (more than 4) between sites (subdomains) was considered "crosslinking" by G.. and would get all involved sites penalized. I had planned to have subdomains for Web Design, SEO, Graphic Design, etc. and "crosslink" them for obvious reasons. I don't see why this would be a problem since they are seperate specialties but are related to each other. Any ideas? [

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