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		<title>SEO: subdomain or subdirectory?</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[I would still use subdirectories]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I would still use subdirectories.&#160; There are other search engines to consider.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 2:26:36 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[razvajr,
you are partially righ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[razvajr,
you are partially right.&#160; Google is not going to penalize subdomains they are simply going to treat them the same as a subfolder.&#160; So it doesn`t really matter how you want to structure your site now.&#160; Just think about w]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 2:26:36 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[I advise you not to. Forget subd]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/SEO-subdomain-or-subdirectory.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[I advise you not to. Forget subdomains. It has just been told officially by Google that they will treat subdomains really nasty from now on, so if you want to rank with subdomains you won`t be able to do it so easily anymore. Maybe you`ve seen lately that [...]]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 2:26:36 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[We are planning on using both.&#]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/SEO-subdomain-or-subdirectory.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[We are planning on using both.&#160; For organization and SEO]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 2:26:36 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Use subdirectories/internal page]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/SEO-subdomain-or-subdirectory.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Use subdirectories/internal pages rather than subdomains. Webosis is right. Subdomains are treated as another fish food.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 2:26:36 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[this is great info. In the past ]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/SEO-subdomain-or-subdirectory.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[this is great info. In the past I have used subdomains a lot because it keeps things more organized on the server but for this particular site SEO is key. Thanks you guys!
—paula]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 2:26:36 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[It DOES matter.&#160; 
By using]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/SEO-subdomain-or-subdirectory.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[It DOES matter.&#160; 
By using subdirectories, you are adding content to your main domain.&#160; This will help the overall authority of your main domain.
By using subdomains, you will not be helping your main domain.&#160; You a]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 2:26:36 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[It doesn`t matter.&#160; I perso]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/SEO-subdomain-or-subdirectory.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[It doesn`t matter.&#160; I personally prefer to keep it straight forward and just use the subdirectories.&#160; The sub domain route is typically used for large amounts of data planned for that area.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 2:26:36 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[I go for subdirectories. But tak]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I go for subdirectories. But take same amount of research to choose subdirectory name as you would to look for a domain name. www.example.com/mybusiness, would help `mybusiness` to act as one of the most stro]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 2:26:36 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Subdomains are generally seen as]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Subdomains are generally seen as unique entities by the search engines.&#160; So, it would be better to use subdirectories, unless there is an inherent reason to separate the pages from the main site.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 2:26:36 GMT</pubDate>
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