300 Sites, One Domain? Does this theory work?

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To my understanding Google will list a sub domain as a unique domian/entity from the original domain or other sub domains. So in theory could you have 300 domains like?

Code:
iphone.hot-electronics.com
android.hot-electronics.com
mac.hot-electronics.com
pc.hot-electronics.com
mobile.hot-electronics.com
<keyword>.hot-electronics.com
I seen someone selling something similar on Flippa and it looks like an ideal way to manage blogs and content. The seller was using Wordpress MU.

I'd love to see what others think of this.
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  • Profile picture of the author wgn_white
    In my opinion it works great.

    For example, the blogspot itself.

    they have one domain blogspot.com with millions subdomain which is subdomian.blogspot.com.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gene Pimentel
    As long as you have the bandwidth and space to support it, there is no problem. However, if you are wanting to link the various sites to each other, the effort could be very diluted SEO-wise.
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    • Profile picture of the author Vitaliy K
      I agree completely here! It all depends on the bandwidth abd space :-))

      Originally Posted by Gene Pimentel View Post

      As long as you have the bandwidth and space to support it, there is no problem. However, if you are wanting to link the various sites to each other, the effort could be very diluted SEO-wise.
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  • Profile picture of the author Bashty
    It sure works, but what sucks about this, is that you will have to start from scratch for every new subdomain with building backlinks. ;-)
    Apart from that, yes, it works very well and can save you quite some money when you want to make 300 new sites.
    Also it can create some authority when you have 300 such sites and they all provide quality content. Like "oh this is from hot-eletronics.com, they provided great content when I searched for 'iphone', so their info on 'mac' is surely valuable too!"
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    • Profile picture of the author scott g
      Google treats subdomains as individual sites - separate from the TLD. This is what I'm working on right now too. I like the subdomains b/c they allow me to create EMD's for the keywords each subdomain is targeting (obviously). I also like the ability to easily have HTML/CSS setup on the subdomains, with wordpress on the TLD.

      Originally Posted by Bashty View Post

      It sure works, but what sucks about this, is that you will have to start from scratch for every new subdomain with building backlinks. ;-)
      I don't understand what you mean, Bashty? Every new subdomain and/or directory will require backlinks pointing to that URL...


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  • Profile picture of the author cashcow
    It does work, unfortunately you can't sell the subdomains so instead of having 300 web properties that you could later sell if needed, you only have 1.

    That and if your main domain suffers a penalty or gets de-indexed I believe the subdomains will suffer too.

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    • Profile picture of the author John Lenaghan
      Originally Posted by cashcow View Post

      That and if your main domain suffers a penalty or gets de-indexed I believe the subdomains will suffer too.

      Lee
      The other thing to consider is anything else that happens to the main domain will likely affect the subdomains as well.

      - Getting hacked
      - Server goes down
      - Server crash with no recent backup
      - etc.

      Running all your sites on one hosting account still has many of these same risks, but putting that many sites on a single domain kind of magnifies it.

      John
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      • Profile picture of the author JamesJeffery
        Originally Posted by nichescape View Post

        The other thing to consider is anything else that happens to the main domain will likely affect the subdomains as well.

        - Getting hacked
        Most people that get hacked have a keylogger installed on their computer, use outdated scripts, or use weak passwords.

        - Server goes down
        A dedicated server with a reputable provider such as RackSpace will decrease this possibility.

        - Server crash with no recent backup
        Same as above. I have automatic backups on my dedicated servers.

        - etc.

        Running all your sites on one hosting account still has many of these same risks, but putting that many sites on a single domain kind of magnifies it.

        John
        If someone got access to your email, and had access to your hosting provider they have potential access to all your servers.

        How much would it cost to host 300 domains on separate servers? Then think about how much it would cost for a dedicated server with a reputable provider.
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  • Profile picture of the author fixpunk
    Good points from @GenePimentel and @cashcow.
    Two key benefits of multiple domains are cross links and the equity in each domain, and subdomains defeat that purpose.
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      • Profile picture of the author Crew Chief
        Originally Posted by JamesJeffery View Post

        To my understanding Google will list a sub domain as a unique domian/entity from the original domain or other sub domains. So in theory could you have 300 domains like?.
        For starters, it is not a theory at all. Take a look at many HUGE sites and you will see the exact same site architecture; which incidentally has been around for ages.
        • about.com
        • wikipedia.org
        • craigslist.org
        • cdc.gov
        • msn.com >>> today >>> msnbc
        • go.com >>> espn >>> family.go.com
        • cnn.com >>> sportsillustrated
        • Google.com >>> video.google.com >>> maps.google.com >>> mail.google.com
        • amazon.com >>> aws.amazon.com >>> askville.amazon.com >>> wireless.amazon.com >>> affiliate-program.amazon.com
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        • Profile picture of the author JamesJeffery
          It totally slipped my mind about Blogspot.

          I might give it a try. The guy on flipper was selling the 300 sites and they are all autoblogs. All getting traffic and all interlinked. He claims he makes $3,000 a month from them although no traffic image were posted, so it's probably more like $30. I have to admit, I like the whole idea.
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  • Profile picture of the author mitashseo
    Originally Posted by JamesJeffery View Post

    To my understanding Google will list a sub domain as a unique domian/entity from the original domain or other sub domains. So in theory could you have 300 domains like?

    Code:
    iphone.hot-electronics.com
    android.hot-electronics.com
    mac.hot-electronics.com
    pc.hot-electronics.com
    mobile.hot-electronics.com
    <keyword>.hot-electronics.com
    I seen someone selling something similar on Flippa and it looks like an ideal way to manage blogs and content. The seller was using Wordpress MU.

    I'd love to see what others think of this.
    Other than the work we need to do the whole process of editing the domains by adding new words and the SEO job to each sub-domain, it is very easy and affordable to get lots of variety niches within your own domain with this process. If you are capable of covering in those time consuming areas you can proceed with them!.
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