Do links to subdomains count as internal links?

Fonz · 2007-04-25, 04:57 AM

Let's say you have a domain on which you link to a bunch of subdomains on that domain, do those links get looked at as internal or external links?

oldbrad · 2007-04-25, 09:34 PM

i don't know much, but from what i've read sub domains were looked at by google as a seperate domain, so it would be external.

Not sure when alot of what i read was written, so nowadays google might see them as internal.

Not much help, but last i saw they counted as external.

Greenguy · 2007-04-26, 10:22 AM

I'd guess that they are looked at as internal links based on doing a site:domain.com search in Google:
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...te%3acnn%2ecom

All of cnn.com's subdomains come up in the results.

(but then again, what do I know)

Licker4U · 2007-04-26, 03:06 PM

What are the benefits, if any, of having sub-domains?

Fonz · 2007-04-26, 03:53 PM

I'd think you can use keywords in those subdomains and the SE's would treat them different (better) than when you use directories.
But that's just a wild guess ofcourse

Halfdeck · 2007-04-26, 04:58 PM

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I'd think you can use keywords in those subdomains and the SE's would treat them different (better) than when you use directories.
But that's just a wild guess ofcourse

Keywords in domain names is a factor but to me keyword-loaded subdomains is a negative quality signal, especially if each subdomain is only a few pages deep. Sites like google.com, amazon.com, wikipedia.com may use subdomains but the number of subdomains is relatively small, subdomain names aren't keyword-loaded (finance.google, checkout.google, labs.google, etc.), and each subdomain usually houses hundreds if not thousands of urls.

One possible advantage is your urls will be shorter:

lesbianporn. xxx.com VS
www. xxx.com/lesbianporn/

DangerDave · 2007-04-26, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Halfdeck

Keywords in domain names is a factor but to me keyword-loaded subdomains is a negative quality signal

Hold on to your hats..........

I AGREE with Halfdeck!!

Keyword subdomains = technique used by many SE spammers.

If there is not a legitimate use for them... I would advise not to use them.

DD

Fonz · 2007-04-27, 03:51 AM

Alrighty then, subdomains go down the toilet and I'll just use *.html pages instead. Thanks for the info guys.

BriansSites · 2007-04-27, 07:15 PM

the best way to use sub-domains is like such this way the engines tend to look at them as a domain unto themselves
www.whatever.yourdomain instead of www.yourdomain/whatever
most hosting allows this anymore some still may not but most i think do

2007-04-25, 04:57 AM	#1
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2007-04-25, 09:34 PM	#2
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2007-04-26, 10:22 AM	#3
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2007-04-26, 03:53 PM	#5
Fonz Former pr0n slinger. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium Posts: 7,932	I'd think you can use keywords in those subdomains and the SE's would treat them different (better) than when you use directories. But that's just a wild guess ofcourse __________________ See how I abuse little trees on my Shumi no Bonsai Blog

2007-04-27, 03:51 AM	#8
Fonz Former pr0n slinger. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium Posts: 7,932	Alrighty then, subdomains go down the toilet and I'll just use *.html pages instead. Thanks for the info guys. __________________ See how I abuse little trees on my Shumi no Bonsai Blog

2007-04-26, 03:06 PM	#4
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2007-04-27, 07:15 PM	#9
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