Which is best for the website? Example blog that starts blog.domain.com or domain.com/blog? Thanks!

[redfishking]

blog. subdomain version /blog after main domain name

[RobertFisher]

RedFishKing

It really is a matter of what you want to accomplish as to whether you need a subdomain blog. or a sub directory .com/blog. For the purpose of your "main" site, typically you want to use directories as sub domains are treated as their own domain. So, links to them will only be to them and those to a sub directory will pass juice on.

There are reasons to want to have a sub domain (sometimes with geo location, etc), but if you don't really need a sub domain its better IMO to use directory.

Hope this clarifies.

[redfishking]

Thanks Robert.

[alexkemsley]

I would recommend directory as you will have regular content updating your site and keeping it fresh. Subdomain will be treated as entirely new website.

[bradkrussell]

Hi Redfishking,

This question gets asked a lot here. If you go to http://www.seomoz.org/q/blog-on-subdomain-vs-subdirectory-best-practices you'll see a number of links pointing to previous questions.

Sub directory is best - those links will explain why (and perhaps put your mind at rest as to why the members of SEOmoz suggest that).

Thanks,
Brad

[JonathanLeplang]

And the answer of Matt Cutts : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MswMYk05tk&feature=em-uploademail-new