Subdomains and SEO

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I so far have used .com domains that feature the keywords I want to rank for. I was asking myself though whether I could not use subdomains for my nichesites, i.e., niche.somefiveletterdomain.com.

My fear though is that it will not possible to rank these subdomains in google in a high spot.

Has anybody made any experiences with SEO and subdomains?
#search engine optimization #google #ranking #seo #subdomains
  • waiting for reply... I want to know opinions / exeperiences, etc. regarding this too...
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    • Not sure about what you are asking. Usually a sub domain is part of your original domain name. But I have made a few niche sites using blogger which would look like ex. niche.blogspot.com
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  • I think SEs will associate subdomain with the main domain. Subdomains won't be ranked high for keywords and topics which are not close to the main domain.
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  • No, they are treated as different sites. Link juice given to mainsite.com only by a link from sub.mainsite.com similar to a link from any other site.

    Link juice acquired for sub.mainsite.com does not benefit mainsite.com.
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    • OK, thank you!

      Let's say I have a portal about dangerous arts, dangerousarts.com. What if I have a specific nichesite, say about "How fire-breathing works." I host it at how-fire-breathing-works.dangerousarts.com. In Google, will the site be disadvantaged to how-fire-breathing-works.com, given the exact same SEO strategy for the site (i.e., linkwheel)?

      Thanks for any explanations!
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  • If you want to use the same .com domain but not the same index file and you want to try to rank for a different keyword, a good way to do this is to create a new page on that same .com address of yours. Example: "youraddress.com/your-new-keyword.html"
  • Thanks, but how about an entire site, not just a page?
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    Subdomains and SEO

    I so far have used .com domains that feature the keywords I want to rank for. I was asking myself though whether I could not use subdomains for my nichesites, i.e., niche.somefiveletterdomain.com. My fear though is that it will not possible to rank these subdomains in google in a high spot.