2 accounts or one
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I have accidently made my clients website into 2 websites.
originally the site had a wordpress blog.... ie www.xxx.com/blog
I gave the blog a name and attached a domain to it by creating a addon domain. So the address is now www.yyy.com instead of /blog
The site is for an accommodation provider and the blog is more travel advice and location specific activites and places etc.
what i would like to know:
1. Am I better off reverting back to /blog?
2. Am I better off with 2 distinct websites?
3. How would I have a 2nd domain on the blog without chopping my website into 2?.
thanks!!!...
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Thanks,
What I'm going to do is attach the domain to the blog, but the blog will just remain the same blog.
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Your blog would be just a page on your site. I think with WordPress you don't have to necessarily install the blog on a subdomain, which is what you did originally. I would follow the instructions in the backend of your site on how to run the WordPress blog as a page on your domain instead of as a subdomain. Or, just create a blog page without using WordPress.
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Ive deleted the addon domain..... which really is a subdomain....
so now I have a www.com/blog
I have a domain name.
How would I go about attaching a domain name to the blog?
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I think they are different. But I am not sure why.....
here's the difference... its small so they are the same....
http://forums.hostgator.com/subdomain-vs-addon-domain-t1573.html?s=f6c31cca3b891869db96436c796a30f0&
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I have never heard of an addon domain, so I am assuming they are the same.
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I put a wordpress site in the /blog folder.
I then created an addon domain that used this folder.... This was the advice of the hosting company....
Im not sure if its a subdomain
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If you already have the subdomain created, redirect it to the main domain/blog
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Thanks for the responses. Id love to have the /blog but to attach a domain to it for marketing purposes without it being 2 accounts. I agree , its better to have one account.
How exactly do I attach the domain to the main blog?. ie xyz/blog so that it doesnt become 2 websites?
Do I park it? (bad for seo)
Addon domain (creates 2 accounts)
Can I put a new domain on a subdomain? without it being 2 accounts.???
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Hi there! Yes, you are better off reverting back to /blog. This will result in a better user experience, consolidate the authority of your content into a single domain, and simplify site management.
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It isn't unnatural to have a blog on a subdomain. Many sites use subdomains for blogs, support sections, FAQs. Even Google uses subdomains. GWT is google.com/webmasters, but adwords is on a subdomain, adwords.google.com.
I would move the blog back to the /blog address only because you want the quality content on the main domain. If you want to leave the subdomain there, I don't see any direct negative effects, but having it on the domain would be best practice.
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I would combine them back into 1 website as it would really hack me off having to log into both to update.
The website I would image would be www.xyz.com and the blog would be www.xyz.com/blog. You could park the other domain if you have to and redirect it to www.xyz.com/blog
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