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    Should I exclude my knowledge center subdomain from indexing?

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    • NikCall
      NikCall last edited by

      We have a very large Knowledge center that is indexed. Is there any reason I should not exclude this subdomain from indexing?

      Thank you

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      • jasongmcmahon
        jasongmcmahon last edited by

        Well, the advantage of having sub-domain is that you can target a specific audience with that specific sub-domains since Google'll treat it as it's won unique site.

        The biggest disadvantage is that if you don’t do it right, you will not get the expected results you could even draw traffic from your main domain.

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