Because google (and others) give "higher weight" to top level domains rather than sub domains. Because SE ranking is all about linking and fresh content.
Therefore if your goal is widespread traffic, search engine juice, and ranking, it's better to have a totally separate TLD. Search engines realized ages ago that many people set up tons of sub domains with pointless content for the sake of backlinks... which led sub.domains to lose their "juice" even if they are treated separately. On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am curious, if search engines see a sub-domain as a sparate domain, > what benefit is there of using this method over just using a > sub-domain? > > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Erika L. Rich <elr...@ruwebby.com> wrote: > > > > And I mean completely separate as an a different domain name. As in > register > > mysiteblog.com ... > > > > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Erika L. Rich <elr...@ruwebby.com> > wrote: > > > >> And to be contrary to all opinions ... what is actually REALLY good, is > a > >> completely separate domain all together. It helps with building inbound > >> links pointing to the mother domain. > >> > >> THAT is the way I'd say to go. > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322533 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
