Moving domain.com to subdomain.domain.com

[leadsprofi]

Hi,

I like to do something, but first like to take some opinions from seomoz.

My question is:

1. I have a domain: brandtrends.com and i like to move this from brandtrends.com to trends.brand.com because:

brandtrends.com is on the position #15 on the second page of SERP for my "brand" keyword.

I like to move it under trends.brand.com but all inbound-links are @brandtrends.com

What do you thing, if i move permanently 301 from brandtrends.com to trends.brand.com does it rank under brand.com on the 1st page of SERP..?

like to rank trends.brand.com under brand.com on results page...!!!

I have the backlinks of brandtrends.com on my hands too, should i leave the inbound links @brandtrends.com and the new ones i build with trends.brand.com or should i change the inbound links from brandtrends.com to trends.brand.com

Hope you got it!

THanks

[GeorgeDavis]

No.  You should not split it into another domain (or subdomain).  Having a slightly more specific domain name is not going to win you 15 more SERP positions. What does concern me is that you are not in the top 10 results for your brand name.  Can you PM me your URL?  I've never had a problem ranking a site in 30 days or less as #1 for it's brand name so something sounds off here.

If you did decide to do this anyway, a 301 would be the correct way to forward most of your link juice to the new subdomain.  There is a very small amount lost (something like 1-9%) so if it is feasible for you to change your inbound links, you should.

[leadsprofi]

I own the SERP for my brand name.

But i have lot of mini-domains like brandtrends.com

and my goal is, to increase the authority of my main domain, and make it more reputable, we write on different niche, we have journalists etc.. the content is completelty different and is completely white hat.

I think trends.brand.com maybe i can hire it under brand.com domain, on the top #5 of SERP.

What do you mean Davis? it's better to do this or not?

Because my mini-domain have PA:40 minimum, and if i have on subdomains, i think it would be better.

Tell me your opinion ..

THanks