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Sub Domains

by mrskeptical
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Hello,

I am hoping you Warriors can answer a simple question for me. I am searching for information on the ranking of Sub domains and while I find hundreds of answers, I find no answer that is appropriate for the reason I am doing the search in the first place.

If you have time to answer the question, I would greatly appreciate it.

I am new to Internet Marketing and would like to set up a site to rate Classic Cars.

I am of the understanding that Keyword Rich Domain names Rank better, faster and easier than do Non Keyword Rich Domains,

However, every single word and/or phrase that has anything at all to do with Cars is already taken.

For example Car/s,auto/s,automobile/s,classiccar/s,classicauto/s.com,net,org,biz, - all taken.

So, I came up with the idea of registering the synonym "caac" which can stand for anything I want it too or nothing at all.

Then, I can set up subdomains like classiscars.caac.com or classicautos.caac.com or classicfords.caac.com or classicvet.caac.com etc

Finally, my question is: Will I have a good chance of being ranked and therefor found when someone searches for the keyword Classiccar/s or
classic auto or classic vets etc.

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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Here's an article I refer to on the use of subdomains. I use them and get them ranked.

    Recommended times to use subdomains

    Completely different information or product - You may choose to use a subdomain when you have a website that has multiple different themes, ideas or distinct product lines. This is a good way to separate content and organize information in a logically and clear manner for users to interpret. An example of a use of a subdomain for this purpose is news.google.com. Their news search is a completely different product that they offer so they have decided to host it on it’s very own subdomain.
    Multiple listings in SERPs - With subdomains it is possible to have your site rank multiple times for a single query. Google will display a maximum of two URLs from the same domain for any given query. With subdomains you are able to rank more than twice and potentially saturate the SERPs.Remember search engines treat subdomains as being separate so it is possible to rank more than twice for keywords, especially brand related searches. SEObook does an excellent job with this for the keyword “SEObook”. They use subdomains such as tools.seobook.com and training.seobook.com.
    Target Particular Keyword - You may want to use a subdomain if you are looking to aggressively target a particular keyword. For example if you run a pet store and you want to try to rank for the keyword “dalmatians” you may set up a subdomain – dalmatians.petstore.com. You will need build quality links to this new sub domain preferably with the keyword, dalmatians as the anchor text. With the appropriate resources you are able to become more competitive for keywords that you target with multiple subdomains.

    Recommended times to use subdirectories

    For smaller sites - Subdirectories are more appropriate for smaller sites as it keeps all content in one place and just categorises them by basically putting them into folders.
    Keep all page rank and link juice – Probably one of the strongest arguments to using subdirectories is all content shares the same page rank and link juice from the root domain. In the short term it gives the content in subdirectories a much better chance of ranking. Any link building to the content within subdirectories benefit the site as a whole. Subdirectories allow site to grow in authority much faster
    Site Organization – Subdirectories are a good way to organise content on a website. Subdirectories allow you to group similar pieces of content or information. It is similar to a folder structure on a computer and can be treated/used in a similar way.
    Subdomains vs Subdirectories - What is best for SEO | SEOmistry
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  • Profile picture of the author raxe
    Subdomain is treated as completely separate domain, but can also be a part of the main domain if you want to. If you have a sub domain and you want to promote it as your main domain (which is your case), it is perfectly fine.

    If you decide to go with your sub somain for extra keywords, don't forget to set the 301 redirect from your main URL if you want both URLs pointing at the same page.
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    • Profile picture of the author Johnny Optimo
      Yeah you can definitely set up the subdomains that way and get a ton of traffic. In fact, I have plenty of sites where one of the subdomains is getting WAY MORE traffic than the main domain.
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  • Profile picture of the author xylement
    Wow, cool information! I didn't know we can workaround with subdomains! thanks!
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