Any recent updates from Google or community on sub domains vs sub directories?
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Hi all,
This has been a debate for years and I have noticed most of the SEOs suggest to go or switch to sub directories instead of sub domains. Still is this the same or any new updates from Google or SEO community? We have moved a sub domain to sub directory last year. The result was sub directory content started ranking good; but no change in website rankings. Because of moving sub domains to sub directories, will the linkjuice/PR of the website gets diluted as the number of pages increases which will takeaway soe authority?
Thanks
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No changes here. Sub-domain is still a separate unit from Google's POV.
Links are not liquid and your pages are not communicating vessels you don't lose any "juice" by linking to new pages but things happen.
You can try running your website through Netpeak Spider, (disclaimer: I work for the company which developed it) it can calculate internal page rank for your pages, maybe you'll find something unusual there.
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