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Using sub domains

by cashtech29
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Hello all.
I was wondering...
...If one buys a domain name for each of a thousand products he or she owns,
that could get quite expensive..

Would it be just as advantageous to have your primary domain name and just
insert each index page for each product you own in it's own folder inside of
your primary domain folder?

Thus Having: http://www.yourdomain.co../product1.html
http://www.yourdomain.co../product2.html
Etc, etc, etc...

Can these index pages be SEO'd and still get the same rankings on Google
and all the other search engines?

Thanks for any feedback.
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  • Profile picture of the author steveweber
    You should not create subdomains for all the products. With respect to SEO, it's much better to focus on the one domain and have pages then for each product.
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    • Profile picture of the author cashtech29
      Looks like I need to speed up my replies.
      Okay, so I should stick to this: ww.domain name.com/product.html
      And then SEO each additional product page, (Witch would actually be the index page for that particular additional product.?.?.
      The index page of the primary domain could be something entirely different and I
      would just market the product as: primary domain.co./whatever product is being sold.html

      Is that pretty close?
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      • Profile picture of the author cashtech29
        Well, I have always bought new domains for my products,
        I was just trying to see if there was any reasonable way around it.
        Like: my real name.com/product 1.html

        my real name.com/product 2.html
        my real name.com/product 3.html

        Etc,etc...
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        • Profile picture of the author cashtech29
          I guess I'll stick to my old standard.
          Buy the domain name....

          Thanks for the replies,
          EJ
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        • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
          Originally Posted by cashtech29 View Post

          Well, I have always bought new domains for my products,
          I was just trying to see if there was any reasonable way around it.
          Like: my real name.com/product 1.html

          my real name.com/product 2.html
          my real name.com/product 3.html

          Etc,etc...
          as TDS says, i think you're confusing different HTML index sites with subdomains?

          And yes..of course there is a way around it because instead of
          realname.com/product3.html you can make a subdomain

          product3.realname.com <-- and "product3" would get its own sub-folder on the host and you would just throw any "product3" related files in that folder and then have an extra domain/site for it.

          Instead of having many productX.html files you then have subDOMAINS

          product1.realname.com
          product2.realname.com
          product3.realname.com

          OR alternatively you can get "real" domains for each of your products.
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          • Profile picture of the author cashtech29
            Okay...
            Sub Domains it is, except for my real prominent products,
            They will have their own domains.

            This is going to make my work so much easier and quicker.

            Thanks again.
            EJ
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  • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
    I usually use subdomains in the form

    productX.site.com
    productY.site.com

    for "smaller" things like clickbank clone sites, if i want to quickly do some PPC and i dont have a big focus on SEO, things like that...

    For "worthy" projects i always use extra domains, also in regards to SEO. Eg. my own sites or sites i plan to rank.

    I would NOT make subdomains dogtraining.mysite.com and acne.mysite.com EXCEPT i'd know i use those solely for PPC - and SEO wont matter.
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  • Profile picture of the author deskmonkey
    A domain is only, what? $10 per year? It would be worth the investment, in my opinion, and it works better for brand recognition.

    Regarding SEO, while it's possible for individual pages to have good search engine placement, it's going to take more work than if you used a domain that has the relevant keywords in it. Also, web surfers tend to click more on search results from a domain that contains the keyword they searched for rather than a page within an unrelated domain.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
    Yes you are able to do this and it would increase the ranking of the main domain name also ...

    Use sub-domains like the following

    MyKeywordPhrase.MyDomain.com

    Many do this because the fact is it helps in rankings and builds up the main domain name..

    James
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  • Profile picture of the author TSDMike
    Originally Posted by cashtech29 View Post

    Hello all.
    I was wondering...
    ...If one buys a domain name for each of a thousand products he or she owns,
    that could get quite expensive..
    I don't follow. With my hosting account through HostGator, I pay $10 a month for hosting and $25 per domain per year (that includes domain privacy). The thing is, If you make one sale per year on each domain that should cover the cost of the domain for the whole year. Yeah, $25 X 1,000 is a lot of money but you're not spending it all at once are you? You aren't launching 1,000 different products at the exact same time.

    Would it be just as advantageous to have your primary domain name and just
    insert each index page for each product you own in it's own folder inside of
    your primary domain folder?

    Thus Having: yourdomain.co../product1.html
    yourdomain.co../product2.html
    Etc, etc, etc...

    Can these index pages be SEO'd and still get the same rankings on Google
    and all the other search engines?

    Thanks for any feedback.
    Your examples aren't subdomains. Those are simply html files on the same server. An example of a subdomain would be subdomain.yourdomain.com.

    To answer your question, they say this is a less than optimal way to display your products. The reasons range from SEO to branding. I am getting ready to launch a site, and I am going to do it anyway. My reason is that I don't mind the cost of a new domain if it is SEOically ideal. An example of this is the fact that the .com domain of one of the exact keyword phrases I am targeting is available. It only makes sense to snatch it up... if for no other reason than so no one else can.

    But I don't anticipate this to be the norm. So my landing pages are going to be static html files on my main site, which is going to be a blog where I write posts on specific products and such and other niche related topics. I've been advised against doing this, but I am not going to listen to them. I'll make it work my way.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
    EJ,
    Also something to keep in mind, for products you think will sell good but you do not want to pay the extra expense (depending how many site you have and hosting) of getting additional hosting then just do the following.

    I had a product I was asked to create, wordpress secured... So I originally created the product on TRJ.net using a sub-domain name, the product sold well so I registered a domain name for the product and pointed the domain name to my sub-domain. I mainly used the domain name when advertising eventhough it was on a sub-domain of TRJ.. I did this because I knew I was going to put it on it's own server when I had the time.

    What this did was increase TRJ (main domain) rankings while at the same time it also got my products domain name WordPressSecured reconized and indexed. So I killed 2 birds with one stone here. When I decided to create v2 of WPS then I put it on it's own domain name and just redirect the sub-domain on TRJ to the new server that has WordPressSecured...

    Since I have a dedicated server I could have just setup a server with WPS domain to begin with but I wanted to as explained above kill 2 birds with one stone. Plus if the product did flop by chance I would not have wasted my time time setting up a fresh server with it's own domain...

    I hope that is easy to follow for you as I tried to explain it as easy as possible ..lol

    Edit: Oh another thing, if you have a good product then make sure you register the .com and .net for that product if possible ... Use .com as main and just park .net and point it to the .com

    James
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  • Profile picture of the author RonaldBoyd0602
    The best example of a subdomain used in creating a force within the market is del.icio.us
    They dominate their market. When you do it, you have to be creative in your choice of names. Use something like light.ning.com. Here's an idea: war.games.com
    Having said that, one domain name per product looks more professional, but sometimes looking slightly amateur is good for sales.
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