Linking Across Subdomains - Any Concerns?
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I use two subdomains on my website (news.webhostinghero.com and www.webhostinghero.com) - I know www.webhostinghero.com is not really a subdomain...
That said, both subdomains are linking to each other through menus and sometimes articles.
Can this cause any problem? Does Google perceive this as links from different domains / websites?
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Hey Stephane,
We were just engaged in a similar quandary yesterday, but a little different circumstance based on whether to use sub-domains or sub-folder and the effects that may occur to our ranks in Google. We came across the follow two articles which may shed light on your current questions.
Older article, but still valid: http://moz.com/blog/understanding-root-domains-subdomains-vs-subfolders-microsites
http://www.whitefireseo.com/site-architecture/subdomain-or-subfolder-post-panda/360/
Shouldn't really cause a problem, but your sub-domain may not benefit in ranks from the strength of your root domain.
Hope this helps, and best of luck.
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