Sub Domain Redirect

[SEO5Team]

Hey Everyone,

Here is the situation : Currently, a website's sub domain is being redirected to the main website home page. We're having issues getting the sub domain pages indexed. Just want to confirm that it is because of the redirect on the sub domain URL. Should we kill the sub domain redirect and set it up as it's own page? Will that solve the indexing issue for the sub domain pages.

More explanation below:

subdomain.domain.com currently redirects to domain.com

We're having issues indexing pages belonging to the sub domain ( subdomain.url.com/page1 or subdomain.url.com/page2)

Appreciate your input in advance.

Cheers,

[LoganRay]

Heyo!

That redirect is most likely causing your problems. If search engines can't access the homepage of that subdomain, it's going to be difficult for them to find other URLs on that subdomain.

Search engines are also going to have a hard time finding the robots.txt and XML sitemap if the homepage of the subdomain is redirecting. Turn that redirect off and make sure you've got a good robots and sitemap file in place and you should be good to go. You'll also want to make sure Google knows about the sitemap by submitting it in Search Console.

[SEO5Team]

Thanks Logan, appreciate the prompt response.

[MattRoney]

Hi SEO 5 Team! If Logan answered your question, mind marking his response as a "Good Answer?" It'll get him some bonus MozPoints, and it helps us keep track of things.