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Sub Domains vs. Primary Domains

by 808glass
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I've been playing around with autoblogs and I wanted to setup a few. But I got to thinking and decided it would make more sense to purchase one primary domain name (mydomain.com) and then have the ability to setup unlimited subdomains (abc.mydomain.com, xyz.mydomain.com) then to just purchase a new primary domain name for each blog. My question is: does using subdomains hurt the potential search ranking of the blog?

Also, are there any other potential downsides? VRE value? etc...
#domains #primary
  • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
    simple answer .. No, it will not hurt you at all but it will help boost the main domain name. Bottom line sub-domain names are very powerful and many never use them to their potential as they should ...

    James
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    • Profile picture of the author Debbie Songster
      Originally Posted by TheRichJerksNet View Post

      simple answer .. No, it will not hurt you at all but it will help boost the main domain name. Bottom line sub-domain names are very powerful and many never use them to their potential as they should ...

      James
      Hey James

      Glad to see someone else shares my views on subdomains. Its a great way to get those important keywords out there in the top level.
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      • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
        Originally Posted by Debbie Songster View Post

        Hey James

        Glad to see someone else shares my views on subdomains. Its a great way to get those important keywords out there in the top level.
        What Up Debbie .. Long time no see.. What you been upto ?

        Yeah one thing I did forget to mention (thanks debbie) make those sub-domain names your target keywords... keyword.mydomain.com | key-word-phrase.mydomain.com and ect ...

        James
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        • Profile picture of the author 808glass
          Originally Posted by TheRichJerksNet View Post

          ...make those sub-domain names your target keywords... keyword.mydomain.com | key-word-phrase.mydomain.com and ect ...
          Thanks! That's cost effective (only buying 1 domain vs many) and means I can generate SEO friendly domains for my sites on the fly. Exactly what I was looking for.
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        • Profile picture of the author Debbie Songster
          Originally Posted by TheRichJerksNet View Post

          What Up Debbie .. Long time no see.. What you been upto ?

          Yeah one thing I did forget to mention (thanks debbie) make those sub-domain names your target keywords... keyword.mydomain.com | key-word-phrase.mydomain.com and ect ...

          James
          Been working lots. Just finished some long term work on a membership community.
          I've been meeting some pretty interesting people over the last few months and doing site builds and rebuilds.
          Just finishing a revamp on one of my own sites and I've been playing with John's Micro Niche Adsense program.

          He's got a great system. Good timing since we are going into the Christmas season the micro niche stuff is hot

          Keeping real busy with the ecommerce stores so I don't get a lot of time to come into the WF. I'm managing a couple of stores for other clients so we are busy getting everything prepped for the Christmas season.

          How about you?
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          • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
            Originally Posted by Debbie Songster View Post

            Been working lots. Just finished some long term work on a membership community.
            I've been meeting some pretty interesting people over the last few months and doing site builds and rebuilds.
            Just finishing a revamp on one of my own sites and I've been playing with John's Micro Niche Adsense program.

            He's got a great system. Good timing since we are going into the Christmas season the micro niche stuff is hot

            Keeping real busy with the ecommerce stores so I don't get a lot of time to come into the WF. I'm managing a couple of stores for other clients so we are busy getting everything prepped for the Christmas season.

            How about you?
            Glad to hear you been doing well ... I been keeping busy with new sites, upgrades, customers and all that fun stuff myself ..

            Maybe I need to swing on by some of your stores and check them out ...

            Originally Posted by 808glass
            hey, you guys stole my thread! j/k, thanks again for the advice!
            He He .. Yep just catching up - Your welcome...

            James
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  • Profile picture of the author 808glass
    hey, you guys stole my thread! j/k, thanks again for the advice!
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    • Profile picture of the author Debbie Songster
      Originally Posted by 808glass View Post

      hey, you guys stole my thread! j/k, thanks again for the advice!
      oops so sorry
      just catching up
      You know how it is ....
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    • Profile picture of the author Craig Zimbrowski
      On a final thought, Each will rank differently. Be sure to interlink the pages for the spiders to follow and help index from each page.

      Be sure not to duplicate content or you will be penalized.
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