If I redirect a subdomain, does this affect the parent domain?

[crodriguez89]

Hi

I have a company for example: abc.com

and they have a subdomain def.abc.com with a lot of errors. These errors i believe affect the parent domain abc.com. So my company would like to redirect the subdomain to another domain altogther ex: xyz.com

Can i redirect the subdomain def.abc.com to another website domain? Would this affect the parent domain in a good or bad way? Or should i be using an external links to point to a new domain for the subdomain?

Trying to think what's best for SEO and the parent domain.

Thanks!

[Roman-Delcarmen]

Your subdomains will be treated as entirely separate websites in the eyes of Google, as Matt Cutts explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MswMYk05tk

In simple words, if you have

• https://mywebsite.com
• https://blog.mywebsite.com

These are 2 different sites or properties according to Google, so in your case, you can move, migrate or update your subdomain and this will not affect the parent domain.

Regards