Blog and seo

[Westernoriental]

hi this is my first ever dip into the Q & a section of this website so go easy on mew please

my question is , is it better to have a blog seperate fron your own site or within your website

many thanks

[RyanKent]

Generally speaking, if your blog covers the same topic as your main website, then you would benefit most from having the blog as part of your site within the main domain. An example URL would be mysite.com/blog.

By keeping your blog as part of your site, you only have to maintain one website and one URL which is cheaper and less time consuming then maintaining a separate site.

The primary reason to consider a separate site would be if your blog would cover topics not associated with your main site. If you offered a site which sold vitamins and you wanted to regularly include articles about travel, nature and other topics that did not relate back to your core business, it would be best to use a separate site for your blog.

[JamesNorquay]

Hi,

My advice is to have the blog on a subfolder within your website, it will have a positve effect for your SEO.

Example: www.website.com/blog

Do not have the blog on a sub domain i.e: blog.website.com or do not have it on a random website example: randomcmopanyblog.com

When you have the blog on a subfoler you can gather internal link juice and also have a positive range of fresh content on the website.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

James.

[JamesNorquay]

Hi,

My advice is to have the blog on a subfolder within your website, it will have a positve effect for your SEO.

Example: www.website.com/blog

Do not have the blog on a sub domain i.e: blog.website.com or do not have it on a random website example: randomcmopanyblog.com

When you have the blog on a subfoler you can gather internal link juice and also have a positive range of fresh content on the website.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

James.

[DanHill]

The benefits of having it in the subfolder when the the topic is relevant to the main site are clear - another thing to remember is in terms of your marketing/link building work it's much easier to get strong links to your main site and then inner link to your blog/blog posts.