Google Issues about subdomains

rkcc4 · 02-03-2011, 04:22 AM

Has anyone got any thoughts or issues about Sub Domains, e.g. www.mydomain.com and www.blog.mydomain.com or www.forum.mydomain.com.

Does Google see them as ONE domain even though they will have different DNS records and are in effect different sites.

Can I link the two in a sitemap to avoid issues and put links from each site back and forth to ameliorate this?

Will the parent domain get the same authority?

Any other know issues?

I know I can install to folders of the same site but permissions are better handled by creating subdomains.

Andrew Barton · 02-03-2011, 09:12 AM

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that Google still treats sub-domains as separate domains.

I think that cross linking your sitemaps is possible, but I am not sure if it is needed (depending on why you are using sub-domains. As long as you interlink the homepage of each sub-domain and they each have their own sitemap you should be fine.

Doug Wakefield · 02-03-2011, 09:16 AM

They are treated separately.

rkcc4 · 02-03-2011, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew Barton

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that Google still treats sub-domains as separate domains.

I think that cross linking your sitemaps is possible, but I am not sure if it is needed (depending on why you are using sub-domains. As long as you interlink the homepage of each sub-domain and they each have their own sitemap you should be fine.

Thanks for the reply, it is the common problem of a site designed for a functional purpose with drab SEO unfriendly software.

The functionality is critical to the core business and can't risk damage to it. So I figured demote it to a sub domain, stick in a wordpress with a lot of SEO friendly pages reflecting what people are actually searching for with a link to the page of the functional system that takes the orders.

Links back to your own site are a good thing, my concern was losing Google status, but it is pretty awful anyway, very heavy competition, hence the need for wordpress, so site may be written from marketing perspective.

I have this a lot with clients.

02-03-2011, 04:22 AM	#1
rkcc4 HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 158 Thanks: 38 Thanked 70 Times in 56 Posts	Google Issues about subdomains Has anyone got any thoughts or issues about Sub Domains, e.g. www.mydomain.com and www.blog.mydomain.com or www.forum.mydomain.com. Does Google see them as ONE domain even though they will have different DNS records and are in effect different sites. Can I link the two in a sitemap to avoid issues and put links from each site back and forth to ameliorate this? Will the parent domain get the same authority? Any other know issues? I know I can install to folders of the same site but permissions are better handled by creating subdomains.

02-03-2011, 09:12 AM	#2
Andrew Barton Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 83 Thanks: 2 Thanked 11 Times in 7 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Google Issues about subdomains Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that Google still treats sub-domains as separate domains. I think that cross linking your sitemaps is possible, but I am not sure if it is needed (depending on why you are using sub-domains. As long as you interlink the homepage of each sub-domain and they each have their own sitemap you should be fine.
	--Andrew

02-03-2011, 09:16 AM	#3
Doug Wakefield Doug Wakefield War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis MO Posts: 626 Thanks: 99 Thanked 177 Times in 124 Posts	Re: Google Issues about subdomains They are treated separately.
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