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Which is better: forums.domain.com or www.domain.com/forums/?
05-25-2006, 03:37 PM
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Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 59 Location: Washington, D.C.   | Which is better: forums.domain.com or www.domain.com/forums/? I wasn't sure where to post this; I hope this board is a good spot. I have a question: Would placing a web site's forums at forums.domain.com be better than placing the forums at www.domain.com/forums/? If so, why? I'm asking because I noticed D-Scripting Forums made such a switch, and I was wondering if that was somehow advantageous. Thanks! 
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05-25-2006, 10:39 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 253 | It depends, Google and other search engine see forums.domain.com as an other site and doesn't see it as a part of domain.com. If your forumurl is domain.com/forums then Google sees it as a subpage of domain.com. Useally forums.domain.com is easier to read and remember for visitors (at least for me) but isn't as Search Engine Friendly as domain.com/forums. | ||||
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05-31-2006, 02:05 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 97 | Wait, what if I have both, "forums.domain.com" pointing to "www.domain.com/forums" ? Will there problems ?
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06-06-2006, 11:27 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6 | Quote:
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06-15-2006, 02:49 AM
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Title: Still Alive
Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,085 Location: Michigan, USA   Recent Blog: New SWTOR Dev Article and Blog 
| I use forums.domain.com for my forums.
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06-15-2006, 04:31 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 50 | i prefer domain.com/forums | ||||
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06-15-2006, 07:35 AM
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Title: Gas 1.43
Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,984 Location: back in TX 
| www.domain.com/forums use as the actual file structure. Then, point forums.domain.com to /forums and mask it. (as forums.domain.com) You get the best of both worlds. The members remember the latter, but SE's will use the former.
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