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    • kevgrand
      kevgrand Subscriber last edited by

      I have a site that is running its blog on www.blog.xyz.com and I am looking for ways to increase Google traffic. Would it be better to running the blog on something like: www.xyz.com/blog instead?

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      • Bill.Sebald
        Bill.Sebald @kevgrand last edited by

        My pleasure!  We're all in this together 🙂

        Good luck!

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          kevgrand Subscriber @Bill.Sebald last edited by

          That's great Bill, thanks. My biggest issue was figuring the terminology to search out resources on the issue, so this is exactly what I was looking for.

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            Bill.Sebald last edited by

            Google is wishy-washy on the answer to this, but Rand's answer is the one I lean on - https://moz.com/community/q/moz-s-official-stance-on-subdomain-vs-subfolder-does-it-need-updating

            I think that's a great thread to review.

            https://moz.com/community/q/moz-s-official-stance-on-subdomain-vs-subfolder-does-it-need-updating

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