Subdomains at Yola, Blogger, Wordpress
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If the purpose of constructing a site or blog is for SEO ie a linking microsite, is it better to keep as a subdomain or to register on its own domain. The question is how much of the Domain Authority of that site will flow through the subdomain to linked site. I note that these subdomains have PA of 1, does this answer my own question?? Thanks
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This is correct, Rand Fishkin actually did a blog post a few years back stating that it is more valuable to have a blog located in the site's sub directory as apposed to a sub domain. So I would assume that if your creating site that will encourage links to it, it would be more beneficial to create it in the subdirectory so that the popularity will be transferred to the master domain.
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Are you saying that even a micro site with relevant keyword url, relevant title tag will not be counted as a relevant back link by googlebot and in isolation without any links...
That is my opinion. I do not use this method.
(or more than a few)
If you can get a few links into a subdomain you could also get those same links into your main site. If they hit the subdomain then only a tiny amount can be transfered through links back to your master domain. However if those same links hits pages on your master domain then the master domain gets much more value.
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Are you saying that even a micro site with relevant keyword url, relevant title tag will not be counted as a relevant back link by googlebot and in isolation without any links (or more than a few) will not help boost ranking of master domain for these keywords?
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If the purpose of constructing a site or blog is for SEO ie a linking microsite, is it better to keep as a subdomain or to register on its own domain.
I vote for option #3.
These microsites will not pass any GOOGLE VALUE unless they have links into them from other indexed pages. If you can get those links into them then only a fraction of that link value will pass back to your master domain. Therefore, it would be better to place whatever content you would put on those subdomains into a folder on your master domain. Then any links into them from outside of your own domain will pass all of their value to the master domain.
Lots of people think that they can "manufacture" valuable links by building satellite sites or creating phony subdomains. I think that google has been too smart to value them for a long time - if they ever did.
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