subdomains vs. folders

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  • Andrew12345
    Registered User
    • Jan 2007
    • 20

    #1

    subdomains vs. folders

    I am making a little kinda of a review site, i would like to know what is best, to put each review in a subdomain or just in a folder on a root domain, what would be best for the SE's you guys think?
  • Lycanthrope
    Confirmed User
    • Jan 2004
    • 4517

    #2
    In this particular case, I believe subfolders would be best.

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    • scottybuzz
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • May 2006
      • 14799

      #3
      make a new domain for each review.
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      • bobby666
        boots are my religion
        • Nov 2005
        • 21765

        #4
        Originally posted by Lycanthrope
        In this particular case, I believe subfolders would be best.

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        • Andrew12345
          Registered User
          • Jan 2007
          • 20

          #5
          Originally posted by Lycanthrope
          In this particular case, I believe subfolders would be best.
          why in this case? Would their be any case where subdomains would be better?

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          • Lycanthrope
            Confirmed User
            • Jan 2004
            • 4517

            #6
            Originally posted by Andrew12345
            why in this case? Would their be any case where subdomains would be better?
            Well, with subfolders, you will be building a very content rich site. If you use subdomains, you'll essentially have a bunch of single page sites which, unless you get a ton of inbound related links on each, probably won't fair well... and being a review site, I assume these will be interlinked, and interlinked domains / subdomains, especially on the same IP, even though the content is different, could come off a little spammy.

            Subdomains are like domains themselves, good for different sites.

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            • martinsc
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Jun 2005
              • 27043

              #7
              i guess subfolders would be better... (i asked the same question on some boards and got the same answer...)
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              • Pedronas
                Confirmed User
                • Apr 2005
                • 581

                #8
                folders better for me
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                • Andrew12345
                  Registered User
                  • Jan 2007
                  • 20

                  #9
                  Thanks a bunch for the info

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                  • fris
                    I have to go potty
                    • Aug 2002
                    • 55805

                    #10
                    Originally posted by scottybuzz
                    make a new domain for each review.
                    could use mod rewrite to create sub domains on the fly

                    Options +FollowSymLinks

                    RewriteEngine On

                    # mod_dir fix
                    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(www\.)?domain\.com$ [NC]
                    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.*\.)?([^\.]+)\.domain\.com$ [NC]
                    RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/subs/%2%{REQUEST_URI}/ -d
                    RewriteRule [^/]$ http://%2.domain.com%{REQUEST_URI}/ [R=301,L]

                    # strip sub subdomains
                    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^.*\.([^\.]+\.domain\.com)$ [NC]
                    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

                    # abc.domain.com --> /subs/abc/

                    RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} ^$
                    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(www\.)?domain\.com$ [NC]
                    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([^\.]+)\.domain\.com$ [NC]
                    RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/subs/%1/ -d
                    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /subs/%1%{REQUEST_URI} [QSA,L]
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