Subdomains vs Subdirectories? [SEO]

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  • dcortez
    DINO CORTEZ™
    • Jun 2003
    • 2145
    #1

    Subdomains vs Subdirectories? [SEO]

    Hello,

    What is the current concensus on choosing subdomains (canonical names) vs subdirectories as far as SEO goes?

    For example, if I have MyDomain.com and it has good ranking, which of the following would gain SE prominence faster:

    MyDomain.com/new-area/

    newarea.MyDomain.com

    ??

    This is assuming that both of the two options above would receive equal treatement as fas as backlinking and relationship to/from MyDomain.com

    My understanding is that there was a general thinking that subdomains are treated as completely new sites and take a slower path to being discovered and recognized by G.

    I would appreciate your feedback.

    Thank-you,
    -Dino
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    • - Jesus Christ -
      Confirmed User
      • Mar 2003
      • 7197
      #2
      I used to use sub domains a LOT, now I don't.

      Never noticed any real decline in the power of a campaign that used a directory opposed to a sub domain.

      I'm sure you could find people that would argue with that though.

      Amen

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        • http
          Confirmed User
          • Oct 2001
          • 1811
          #3
          Directories for long term results

          Extensive use of subdomains may be considered spammy sometime in the future

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            • dcortez
              DINO CORTEZ™
              • Jun 2003
              • 2145
              #4
              Originally posted by - Jesus Christ -
              I used to use sub domains a LOT, now I don't.

              Never noticed any real decline in the power of a campaign that used a directory opposed to a sub domain.

              I'm sure you could find people that would argue with that though.
              There's a strong school of thinking that 'new sites' are on a really slow list for getting processed by SEs and 'existing sites' are 'in the loop' (visa vi G deep crawls, etc.)

              There are very legitimate uses for subdomains when it comes to structuring a web realm - especially when load balancing and content distribution is involved.

              I have seen a lot 'spammy subdomains' as well.

              Any more experience-based feedback??

              Thanks,
              -Dino

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