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domain and subdomain?

by nelif
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Current Situation:
Hello everyone I'm a newbie here and I'm building my own website from scratch. Recently I have added a new domain to my existing hosting company using Addon Domains in the cPanel X. Under the package i bought one which can host unlimited domains.

My Questions:
When I look under Subdomains in my cPanel X, under the Modify a Subdomain category it is stated that there
MyNewDomain.MyOriginalDomain.com

1) Does that mean my newly bought domain have become a sub domain?

But when I key in MyNewDomain.com or MyNewDomain.MyOriginalDomain.com both goes to the page I'm doing right now.

2) If that is the case will it have any implication(s) on the new domain i'm working on. Especially on ranking.

Sorry if I'm asking any irrelevant or stupid questions here but I do really need help. Many Thanks to those who can help to contribute.
#domain #subdomain
  • Profile picture of the author autap6
    Hello

    When you buy a domain, in cpanel it's called the ROOT Domain.

    When you go in Subdomains in cpanel, you have "Create a Sudomain" and "Modify a Subdomain".

    It's when you create a subdomain that you say where your files will go.

    E.g. let's say your root domain "houses" goes to /public_htm/houses
    then you can set your subdomain "buy" to /public_html/houses/buy (you do that in the "document root" text input).

    In this case "houses" and "buy" are both folders where you upload your file(s).

    so you would have " www . houses . com " as your main domain
    and " buy . houses . com " as your subdomain

    as for ranking, if you refer to Google, every page of every domain and subdomain has its own ranking
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  • Profile picture of the author thewebhostingdir
    When you add a subdomain in the cPanel, it create a subdomain under the main domain, just to make the room(folders) for the root path of your newly added the domain. Your newly added can still work stand-alone. Exactly same as of your first domain.
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  • Profile picture of the author HomeBizNizz
    Originally Posted by nelif View Post

    1)
    But when I key in MyNewDomain.com
    or MyNewDomain.MyOriginalDomain.com
    both goes to the page I'm doing right now.
    Just redirect the one to the other with htaccess (mod rewrite).

    domain . com and www . domain . com normally goes to the same place.
    Can be changed maybe in domain settings.

    Originally Posted by nelif View Post

    2)
    If that is the case will it have any implication(s)
    on the new domain i'm working on.
    Especially on ranking.
    Maybe seen as duplicate content in Google.
    Solution above i answer 1.
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  • Profile picture of the author projek001
    Did you use a same hosting for both of the domain? If yes, it's normal. This also happen to me. Don't worry.
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