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Network Solutions In Another Controversy
By WebProNews Staff · April 10, 2008 · 7

Network Solutions really didn’t need any more public relations disasters after the controversy of automatically registering searched-for domains and "protecting" them for a $35 fee. Though this new controversy may not be quite the hyperbole it’s made out to be in some places, it does come with some potentially serious issues.

Google Scrubs SubDomains
By Mike McDonald · December 11, 2007 · 8

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 WebProNews Video blog incidentally.

Cutts Clarifies Subdomain Changes
By WebProNews Staff · December 10, 2007

On Friday, news came out from PubCon that Google was changing the way it treated subdomains in the search results, limiting them to 2 URLs per domain. Google’s Matt Cutts, who was credited with breaking the news, was surprised to hear it, too.

Domains & Branding
By Aaron Wall · December 7, 2007

In the past any large company could use subdomains as an effective reputation management strategy.

Google To Limit Subdomains In SERPs
By WebProNews Staff · December 7, 2007 · 3

Subdomains may no longer result in several individual listings on Google’s search engine results pages (SERPs). Word from Matt Cutts at PubCon Las Vegas says that soon subdomains will be treated like folders, limiting results to 2 URLs per domain.

Beauty of Editorial Review Sites
By Aaron Wall · October 15, 2007

Once you have a trusted brand you can create low value white label brands that are given a free pass by search engine editors based on the trust of your core brand. These can feed back profits to your main site in many ways, including allowing you to:

Sponsored Content Hosting and Renting Subdomains
By Aaron Wall · September 12, 2007

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.

Double Dipping in Google’s Organic Results
By Aaron Wall · June 19, 2007

Subdomain Spam

Since Google has been over-representing site authority in their relevancy algorithms many sites like eBay have begun abusing the hole with the use of infinite subdomains. These techniques not only effect branded search results, but also carry over to many other competitive keywords.

Google Domains, Subdomains And Subdirectories
By Nathan Weinberg · August 28, 2006

ResourceShelf has compiles an exhaustive list of the directories, subdirectories and domain URLs being actively used by Google.

Google Subdomains On Double Secret Probation
By WebProNews Staff · July 28, 2006

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
By StraightUpSearch · July 20, 2006

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?
By Joe Balestrino · July 17, 2006

There has always been a long standing debate over whether or not to use a subdomain. Questions I commonly receive are…

Google Base Stops Blocking Subdomains
By WebProNews Staff · January 9, 2006

Last week, the team at Google Base announced a fix in their latest update, removing a glitch that disallowed bulk uploads that included subdomains.

Add-On Domains, Parked Domains and Sub-Domains
By Mario Sanchez · February 19, 2004

Once you have a website up and running, you may want to launch other websites. The default way to do it is to register new domain names and open new hosting accounts. However, opening new hosting accounts can be expensive, especially if you still have plenty of free space and bandwidth available in your original account. Fortunately, it is possible to share the web space and bandwidth of your original account among different sites.

What Are Subdomains? Are They Necessary For Web Sites?
By Radhika Venkata · November 18, 2003

What are subdomains? Subdomains are the third level domains that are used to organise your web site content.

Generating Website Traffic with Sub-domains
By Sarah Coles · August 13, 2003

Sub-domains are websites that are located within a directory of your main site and have their own domain name. Because they use the same resources as the main website, they are normally much cheaper than getting another hosting account. The low cost and flexibility of sub-domains offer virtually unlimited traffic-generating potential that won’t break the bank. With a little creativity, you can dramatically improve your search engine ranking, bring in more visitors, and expose your site to entirely new markets.

Subdomain Spam

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