Re:Code Your Own Holiday Card with Codecademy Code Cards
by sunsu on Monday December 24, 2012 @12:41PM
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Honest question: Isn't it bad that they put this under a subdomain? Google won't credit your root domain for incoming links to a subdomain, will it? Similar to why it's better for your blog to be at example.com/blog instead of blog.example.com.
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Re:Code Your Own Holiday Card with Codecademy Code Cards
by digitalboss on Monday December 24, 2012 @12:57PM
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In a recent Webmaster Help video, Google’s Matt Cutts reported that adjustments to Google’s search algorithms have removed many of the advantages given to sites organizing content using subdomains rather than a subdirectory. More - http://www.brafton.com/news/subdomains-vs-subdirectories-for...
Opinons on both sides for this question. SEOMOZ recommends folders - "Since search engines keep different metrics for domains than they do subdomains, it is recommended that webmasters place link worthy content like blogs in subfolders rather than subdomains. (i.e. www.example.com/blog/ rather than blog.example.com) The notable exception to this is language specific websites. (i.e. en.example.com for english)"