Subdomains - worthless?

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So I was reading about a guy who had 1000 blogspot blogs and each was bringing him a few $ a month.

My first thought was - maybe I should do this with my own domain: build 1000 subdomains for low competition keywords.
But then I realized that lately I haven't seen a lot of subdomains in the first pages of results (unless they are from big websites like ebay.com). Seems like Google consider top level domains as a bigger authority.

What do you think, is era of subdomain websites over?...
#search engine optimization #subdomains #worthless
  • I setup some subdomains for topics related to my own domain and they seem to do fine. I think mostly they are treated like a domain, so if you create a new one it is like starting over with a fresh site. But if you already have branded the main site, it can make sense to open up new destinations. In my case, I created a chinese section and a templates section. They both rank decent. For an example of a site that it is super successful with subdomains, check out howstuffworks.com.
  • The question is - would they rank better if they had their own domains...

    The other idea was to put everything into folders (so health next to cars or cooking etc) - I know everyone likes to build one topic websites but look at cnn for example, they have articles about business, entertainment, travel etc. I doubt it hurts them... ?
  • I guess what I'm wondering is - if I had 1000 completely unrelated keywords should I use:

    big-red-car.abc.com
    fluffy-pink-unicorn.abc.com

    cars.abc.com/big-red-car.html
    toys.abc.com/fluffy-pink-unicorn

    or
    abc.com/big-red-car.html
    abc.com/fluffy-pink-unicorn.html

    :confused:
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    • Sub domains every time over folders. They might not rank with as much grunt as they used to but they are still more highly regarded the folders. As has been mentioned at one time Google almost gave Sub Domians the same clout as Domains and whilst this might not be as true, it still is to a certain degree.
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    Subdomains - worthless?

    So I was reading about a guy who had 1000 blogspot blogs and each was bringing him a few $ a month. My first thought was - maybe I should do this with my own domain: build 1000 subdomains for low competition keywords.