subdomains vs. folders - GoFuckYourself.com

Andrew12345 · 01-27-2007, 07:29 AM

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 · 01-27-2007, 07:39 AM

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

scottybuzz · 01-27-2007, 07:50 AM

make a new domain for each review.

bobby666 · 01-27-2007, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lycanthrope

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

Andrew12345 · 01-27-2007, 08:03 AM

Quote:

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?

Lycanthrope · 01-27-2007, 08:10 AM

Quote:

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.

martinsc · 01-27-2007, 08:12 AM

i guess subfolders would be better... (i asked the same question on some boards and got the same answer...)

Pedronas · 01-27-2007, 08:18 AM

folders better for me

Andrew12345 · 01-27-2007, 08:42 AM

Thanks a bunch for the info

fris · 01-27-2007, 08:44 AM

Quote:

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]

01-27-2007, 07:29 AM	#1
Andrew12345 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 20	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?

01-27-2007, 07:39 AM	#2
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01-27-2007, 08:12 AM	#7
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01-27-2007, 08:18 AM	#8
Pedronas Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: 3fn.net Posts: 581	folders better for me __________________ HUY

01-27-2007, 08:42 AM	#9
Andrew12345 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 20	Thanks a bunch for the info