Best directory or subdomain for a blog
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We are planning to set up a blog using wordpress to help improve domain authority and rankings. Is there a preferred site to put this? ie is it best to create a subdomain, or put it in the root directory or put it in a completely different domain? Or will there be no resulting difference ?
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Thanks Brad,
I've had two good replies, and your link is additionally really helpful.
Howard
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Hi Howard,
It is best to set up the blog as a subfolder (e.g. www.domain.com/blog).
This Q+A thread might help a bit - http://www.seomoz.org/q/subdomains-vs-subfolders. Rand himself (and many others in the industry) states that subfolders are the best for SEO purposes.
Thanks,
Brad
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Put it as a subfolder, like www.thesite.com/blog. That is if you want to build domain authority, subdomains are looked as different entities majority of the time.
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