Google Webmaster Tools for subfolder

[FonSeo]

I want to ask before I test it, because I can’t do the account myself and don’t want to even test it if this is not possible.

Can I add Google Webmaster Tools so that it includes only one folder (including its subfolders)? Of course I can do it, but does it then include all the data related the main domain or does it include data (rankings for example) that includes only the subfolder that I add to the Google Webmaster Tools account?

We have Google Webmaster Tools account to the main domain, like this http://www.domain.com but we are going to have totally different project that is in the same domain, but in subfolder like this http://www.domain.com/projectx/ and I would like to investigate Webmaster tools data that includes only this projectX (including subfolders), possible or not?

Thanks for all the help and tips.

[OlegKorneitchouk]

I don't believe this is possible. Your best bet is to create projectx.domain.com and use that subdomain in GWT instead.

[ThompsonPaul]

You can absolutely do this, FonSEO. In fact, it's quite common to do when a subfolder is being used to target a different geographical region. (Having the subfolder in a separate GWT profile means you can set a different geo-target from the rest of the site.) There can be a few "gotchas" depending on your server setup, but in general this "just works".

However, if the new project truly is totally unrelated to the topic of the main site, you would likely be much better off building it on a subdomain as Oleg suggests. This will help avoid dilution of the ranking signals of the main site.

Hope that helps?

Paul

[FonSeo]

Thanks Oleg and Paul. Well, it's not really totally different project so subfolder is totally ok for this. Ok, I guess i'm ready to just test it and let's see how it goes.

[FonSeo]

Well, that was easy! I didn't even have to verify the new account, because we already have confirmed the main domain. I can see the rankings for only this subfolder etc so this was exactly what I wanted to do and see. Great!

[OlegKorneitchouk]

Oh cool, didn't not know that was an option! Good to know for the future. Thanks for sharing.