Methodology Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Which is better for a forum attached to a news website? www.mysite.com/forumforum.mysite.comWhy? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Either one, it makes no difference, it's all preference. sobrenome, Makoto, Ticaga and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 3:16 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Keep in mind that a sub forum will require a SSL cert or a wildcard cert to cover it. If you are not using SSL then it's all preference with one big exception. The sub domain is seen a bit different for SEO, this is from a Moz article.5. Subdomains or Sub-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 exceptions to this are language-specific websites. (i.e., en.example.com for the English version of the website).http://moz.com/learn/seo/domainSimply something to think on. sobrenome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ticaga Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I prefer sites who use subdomains myself but I know mates who use the folder. sobrenome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pescao6 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 On 4/15/2015 at 7:09 AM, Methodology said: Which is better for a forum attached to a news website? www.mysite.com/forum forum.mysite.com Why? Thanks. I prefer www.mysite.com/forums because the first part of the URL wouldn't change and this makes it look like it's part of the same website. A subdomain might be preferable if you're trying to distinguish a separation like for example if you want to make it look like the news on your website are from the official website and everything else on the forum is community led content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Holy necro batman. My preference personally changes from time to time, but I generally prefer www. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcom Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Hi, new here, in my URL, l only see envision, and after paying l expected an area where l could put my prefered URL name in, but saw nothing? Where would l go to do that, or do l need to go to Godaddy and input the nameserves here instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Explosion Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Shane Murphy said: Hi, new here, in my URL, l only see envision, and after paying l expected an area where l could put my prefered URL name in, but saw nothing? Where would l go to do that, or do l need to go to Godaddy and input the nameserves here instead? Log a ticket with support tmcom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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