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Hi gurus from SEOville.

Have any of you used VoltRank and if so, have any comments about them? they make it sound like being better than a link exchange but then again sometimes it is hard to see past the marketing spin.

Cheers!

Thanks for the responses Yumi, @oznappies & Aaron

Hi SEO gurus  

Anyone has input on what's better?

blog.domain.com vs domain.com/blog

store.domain.com vs domain.com/store

etc

I think the subdir (/xyz) will concentrate authority on the same subdomain so should be better? However sometimes it is tidier on the server to maintain online stores or blogs in a separate strucutre so subdomains work better in that sense. I just want to make sure that doesn't affect SEO?

Cheers!

Hi Marcus.

I agree with the previous answers. Just stick to one plugin. Besides, WP plugins use up server resources so try to keep only the really necessary. Personally I use Yoast's and works well. Make sure you have the latest version (0.4.2) since the previous one gave TONS of errors when trying (failing) to generate the sitemap xml.

Yoast's plugin is particularly good since everything is integrated, so the sitemap is coherent with the canonicals and the noindex etc etc. Otherwise, you'll have one plugin dictating, say, one canonical for a page and the other plugin a different thing (hypothetically, at least) which is obviously not good.

Good luck  

Wow thanks everyone for the immediate and very insightful answers. Cheers!

Hi everyone.

Two questions regarding keyword domains (e.g. "widgets.com")

1. If we have to choose a domain with an extra word, does it make a difference to have the added word before or after? E.g. "my-widgets.com" vs "widgets-now.com"
2. Does it make a difference if the extra word is a generic vs a 'real' word? E.g. "my-widgets.com" vs "japanese-widgets.com"

Thanks a lot for your feedback!

Hi gurus from SEOville.

Have any of you used VoltRank and if so, have any comments about them? they make it sound like being better than a link exchange but then again sometimes it is hard to see past the marketing spin.

Cheers!