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Ask HN: What is better: artist.domain.com or domain.com/artist?
I'm putting together a simple web app that profiles artists. I'm curious which is better for search engines - having the artist at the beginning of the domain or after?
- itsprofitbaron 13y agoIf you want to build strong domain authority and have the artist profiles take advantage of the positive metrics & ranking ability of the domain then use: domain.com/artist (the sub-domains do not always inherit all of the positive metrics and ranking ability of domain.com)
- xtraclass 13y agoartistdomain.com (not artist.domain.com, not domain.com/artist) keyword ('artist') within the name part (www.name.com) <= 15 characters for the main part, no - or _ in the name part
- dxm 13y agoIt sounds as if he/she's starting a website for artists to join, purchasing a new domain for each artist is hardly reasonable.
- keiferski 13y agoSubdomains can be a little confusing for nontechnical people. Go with domain.com/artist.
- xraystyle 13y agoDOMAIN.COM/ARTIST Giving people directories vs. their own subdomains is much easier/simpler to manage.
- shadowhand 13y agoI have one word for you: pushState. Eventually you will want to use it, and you're screwed if you used subdomains.
- js4all 13y agodomain.com/artist for seo and easier handling. If you are allowing user generated content and logins, than go for artist.domain.com because it is the only way to isolate cookies.
- T-hawk 13y agoCookies have a Path attribute, right? A cookie can be defined to go only to domain.com/artist1 and not domain.com/artist2 .
- northband 13y agoThanks everyone - domain.com/artist is what it will be. Look forward to a Show HN: soon once I get this put up.
- ozarius 13y agoIf the artist focuses on the art, and the art is good, then why would it matter if it's artist.domain.com or domain.com/artist?