Should You Use Sub Domains or Sub Directories?

By admin | March 18, 2022 |

Should You Use Sub Domains or Sub Directories?

There are sub domains and there are sub directories. Which one should you use?

An example of a sub domain is keyword.example.com. An example of a sub directory is example.com/keyword.

In general, most sites should use sub directories because their website is on one topic. But when your website is on multiple topics you should use sub domains.

For example, let’s say you have a blog about entrepreneurship and know you want to talk about stocks and investing. If you want to place that content on your website you may want to consider placing it on a sub domain.

If you have a large website that is popular and high in authority, such as a site like Huffington Post, you can put everything in a sub directory, but in general, you want your website to only be on one topic.

If it is on one topic, use sub directories and if it is on multiple topics consider using sub domains.

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17 Comments

  1. Sujeet Kumar Roy on March 18, 2022 at 6:23 pm

    Well explained.



  2. Ommund Svendsen on March 18, 2022 at 6:24 pm

    This helpt me a lot. Thanks!



  3. Muhammad Adnan on March 18, 2022 at 6:27 pm

    can subdomains also in ranking filter ???



  4. News in Tranding on March 18, 2022 at 6:29 pm

    hi nice video but i am confused 1 thing when i do keyword research i used ahrefs kW finder semrush keyword planner wehn i checked a keyword Deficulty every Tool show deffirent result what is tell us correct and what is wrong please clear this cunfusion thanks



  5. Vishal Malik on March 18, 2022 at 6:29 pm

    Thanks Neil, I was in a confusion regarding this. Thanks a lot.



  6. Faruk Haider on March 18, 2022 at 6:34 pm

    Hi… when i create one authority site, as like product.com then can i use different niche with sub-domain… example baby.product.com sports.product.com when i link sub-domain to main domain.. Is it affected and seo friendly?



  7. David Wang on March 18, 2022 at 6:36 pm

    Amazing video!!! Just what I need to know!



  8. Angela Angela on March 18, 2022 at 6:39 pm

    Thank you!



  9. Nishit Patel on March 18, 2022 at 6:39 pm

    Hey Neil, nice video! But will using subdomains affect my website traffic or SEO? I have entirely different content on my subdomains.



  10. TheSam on March 18, 2022 at 6:40 pm

    Thanks for the info. Thats what i am looking for



  11. Geo Vidyaa on March 18, 2022 at 6:41 pm

    Thanks for this video. It helped me with precisely the question I had.



  12. Kanudha Gupta on March 18, 2022 at 6:45 pm

    How to generate sub domains as My website is already live now? Can I change the url’s of each niche with a sub domain name?



  13. why you are here on March 18, 2022 at 6:46 pm

    it really solved my problem I was very confused.
    Thank you very much



  14. Martin Zanichelli on March 18, 2022 at 6:48 pm

    Also this could apply for online stores, that sell diverse products.



  15. josefin schwartz on March 18, 2022 at 7:02 pm

    Hi Neil. Is a subdirectory the same thing as a subfolder or am I totally wrong?



  16. Digital Pratik on March 18, 2022 at 7:04 pm

    Thanks… this was like at the right point in time for me… i have clubbed my FITNESS journey with my marketing blog and i was not sure whether i had done it right by creating a sub domain.. but now i am 100% happy 👍 thanks Neil !!!



  17. Sanjay recommends on March 18, 2022 at 7:19 pm

    Thanks Neil.