Moving a database from a sub folder to a new domain

[Horizon]

Hi Mozzers,

I have a very popular property database on a subfolder of my main website. It accounts for about 2 thirds of my overall traffic. I'm moving the database to a new server, so my choices are now a sub domain or completely new domain.

If I move my database to a new domain, will my main site lose SEO because of how popular the database is?

Cheers

Matt

[g3group]

I'm assuming you are also moving the results pages produced by the database. If that is the case, a subdomain would be better than a completely new domain. You could do a 301 redirect to minimize the negative SEO effect.

[Horizon]

Thanks for the response, and yes, we are moving results pages also.

The most important thing is maintaining the visibility of main site, and we would not want to harm it by moving it completely.

I have heard that subdomains struggle to get independent SEO strength though - do you know if there is some truth to this?

Thanks

Matt