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Does this affect search engine rankings?

by katied772
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I have my blogs with Typepad, mainly because unlike the rest of the world, I have never been able to really understand Wordpress. This makes me feel incredibly stupid but it is what it is. Anyway, I never really thought of this until recently, but apparently on Typepad the first domain is the regular .com domain name but each additional blog is then a subdomain of the original. Now, I am wondering how this could affect rankings in the search engines. Anyone have any idea about this? If it will be a problem, I suppose I could try again with Wordpress since all the blogs are very new and not ranking anyway. Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author lotsofsnow
    Let me do some research.

    OK, back.

    Yes, this affects search engine rankings.

    Solution:

    You can use domain mapping:

    "Domain mapping is a popular feature in TypePad, available with a Plus or Pro subscription."
    Six Apart - Everything TypePad - Domain Mapping FAQ

    In plain English: You buy your own domain name and then you point it t your TypePad blog.










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    • Profile picture of the author katied772
      [QUOTE=hpgoodboy;3496878]Let me do some research.

      OK, back.

      Yes, this affects search engine rankings.

      Solution:

      You can use domain mapping:

      "Domain mapping is a popular feature in TypePad, available with a Plus or Pro subscription."
      Six Apart - Everything TypePad - Domain Mapping FAQ

      In plain English: You buy your own domain name and then you point it t your TypePad blog.


      Couldn't I do the same thing by buying a domain then forwarding it to my subdomain blog on typepad? And if so, does this negatively impact the search engines?
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      • Profile picture of the author lerxtjr
        Forwarding a domain name is not the same as setting up a self-hosted website and managing DNS settings for that domain to point to the site. You're losing search engine juice just from that.

        Secondly, last I knew, you're not penalized just for the act of having sub-domains. But you won't gain any ground with them either. Just have a main domain name attached through DNS to your website hosting account and optimize from there.
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