Question: We were thinking of mirroring our website by giving affiliates subdomains with our content like xyz.oursite.com. Is this a good idea or a duplicate content nightmare?
Google Scrubs SubDomains
I had a chance to catch up with Matt Cutts and Vanessa Fox last week at the Las Vegas Pubcon. We talked about a variety of things – from the hacking of someone’s out of version WordPress blog to the recent PageRank updates at Google. One of the more recent and perhaps lesser-publicized changes we discussed however was Google’s recent decision to change the way they handle content on subdomains. You can find our video interview on the Murdok Video blog incidentally.
Sponsored Content Hosting and Renting Subdomains
Ads becoming content is not only true from a thin affiliate site perspective, but also on larger more traditional ad buys. Selling content hosting is going mainstream.
Google Subdomains On Double Secret Probation
UK-based developer Tony Ruscoe, doing some routine Google sleuthing, believes he may have uncovered a few quiet Google projects. Judging solely from subdomains, one might surmise Google has a lot up its sleeve.
Monk Finds the First Clue to Subdomains
My wife’s a fan of Monk, the TV show. And sometimes I can’t resist watching Tony Shalhoub nervously, yet elegantly fumble his way through a mystery.
Subdomains. What are the SEO benefits?
There has always been a long standing debate over whether or not to use a subdomain. Questions I commonly receive are…
What Are Subdomains? Are They Necessary For Web Sites?
What are subdomains? Subdomains are the third level domains that are used to organise your web site content.