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pro on subdomain because: * a lot of blogging apps/readers etc. look for feeds at standard endpoint urls such as /feed.xml /xmlrpc etc. all the plugin urls etc
by bl4k 16y ago
pro on subdomain because:
* a lot of blogging apps/readers etc. look for feeds at standard endpoint urls such as /feed.xml /xmlrpc etc. all the plugin urls etc. will also be at the standard urls
* you can set auth cookies for the subdomain so you can isolate logged in commenters etc. (you can have path=/blog on cookies but most blogging apps don't support it).
* sep analytics (also possible on sub-dirs but you can visitor track and x-ref between domains).
pro on folder because:
* SEO counts to your main domain (see : http://www.christonium.com/SearchEngineMarketing/subdomain-directory-seo http://www.christonium.com/SearchEngineMarketing/subdomain-d...)
- keltex 16y agoMatt Cutts from google also recommends subfolder: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/subdomains-and-subdirectories/ http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/subdomains-and-subdirectories/
- rubyrescue 16y agoi don't think you can say SEO counts to your main domain in the same way as subfolder - at least there's no empirical evidence in the link above that subdomains are better or even the same as subfolders in terms of backlink value. if my clients are REALLY worried about SEO, i always recommend subfolder. if they don't care or don't expect tons of backlinks to their blog, subdomain is generally easier to manage so i recommend that.
- bl4k 16y agoto clarify, I said 'pro on subfolder', meaning an advantage of being in a subfolder is that you get the SEO. I was listing the benefits of subdomain/subfolder and on subfolder seo is the only one I could think of
- rubyrescue 16y agooh, sorry about that. well then we're in total agreement.