Do subdomains (eg .blogspot.com) carry the same link juice as a .com or .co.uk?
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Hi guys.
Just wondered what people's thoughts were on the value of a link from a subdomain vs a .com or .co.uk - I have several clients operating within the UK crafts sector, and there are a huge number of blogspot blogs with decent PR etc.
Given that anyone can start one of these for free (and therefore theoretically get themselves hundreds of bogus links), I wonder whether they carry the same value as an independent site.
I'll look forward to hearing everyone's thoughts
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Examine the below two URLs:
Both sites start off with the same value from a SEO perspective. They have no inherent value and any PR needs to be built from scratch.
The advantage of the yoursite.com is you own the domain. You can create subdomains and use the domain for life. With a blogspot.com subdomain, you are using the sub-domain under specific terms, and you could lose the subdomain if those terms are violated. There are a few instances of angry people who had built up their blogspot.com subdomains over a period of many years and then had their site taken away from them. Generally speaking, you should create your own domain.
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Google is clever enough to see that your blog is on a subdomain(such as squidoo or blogger or wordpress etc etc) and not judge the links strength on that but rather see your blog as a site on it's own. Therefor be carefully putting too much value into the domain authority metric when building/getting links from such blogs.
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