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SERP for add-on domain is wrong

by Lukas
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All of a sudden my add-on domain is showing up as follows for 1 particular search term.

maindomain.com/addondomain/blah-blah.html

when it should show up as addondomain.com/blah-blah.html


I asked my hosting support and they see no problem..but it has never been like this for 5 years!

And I have 3 other add-on domains in there too which do not show up like that . they display fine. one good thing is I am the 1st 3 spots.

maindomain.com/addondomain/blah-blah.html

maindomain.com/blah.html

maindomain.com

dam G.
#addon #domain #serp #wrong
  • Profile picture of the author orvn
    Do you use cPanel? There's an addon domain option which allows you to set base directories.
    Alternatively, you may use SSH.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      You can never really separate the addon domains. If a search engine decides to
      show an alternative way of showing your addon, it will do it.

      I suspect that if you type addondomain.com/blah-blah.html into your
      browser, the page will still load. But that's not what search engines are
      required to show.

      If it does not load, then check your nameservers. Your host should have
      explained a lot more to you.

      There are 3 (or more) ways to view an addon domain.
      addondomain.com
      addondomain.maindomain.com
      maindomain.com/addondomain
      (I'm not 100% sure and I'm too lazy to look it up )

      The 3rd being what is showing up for you.

      I myself shy away from addon domains. I see no benefit.

      Paul
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      If you were disappointed in your results today, lower your standards tomorrow.

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      • Profile picture of the author Lukas
        Thanks for replying.

        It's an older hosting acct and these sites have been there for 5 years. there are 3 other sites as well and they all rank well for their terms respectively.
        I made no changes to the base directives.
        It is all of a sudden that google decides to show the URL for this site this specific way and for other terms the proper way. It was displaying properly the other day.

        Please tell me why would using an add-on domain or even a sub-domain be negative?

        I see 1000s of sites using well-ranked sub-domains.
        EDIT: Disregard the question: I found a boatload of negatives on using addon domains now. I'll fix for now with 301 redirect
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