: 301 Redirect to Wordpress site. Will this negatively affect SEO? I am a content writer. I work for an eCommerce site. The server help desk wants an extortionate amount of money for integrating

@LarsenBagley505

This is what I learned (and yes I fallen in the same trap before), and I'm assuming you'll use a common template for your sites.

If you use a subdomain, it will be treated as a separate website.
If you're making a blog via a subdomain, then at least have other pages attached to that subdomain as well and accessible so that your blog does not look like a "doorway" page.

For example, you can have a blog page for the homepage of the subdomain, and then have a link to information about who writes the blogs, and another link to an option to talk to someone about the blogs and maybe another link to information as to why the blogs are started, etc. What you want to avoid is having your template (such as a common website footer) containing common links on the blog page with no other links about the blog because the common links will be outside of the subdomain.

If all you are able to do is one or two pages about blogs, then you're better off having just a url from the same domain as the rest of the site.

You can then verify your setup with powermapper tools at:
try.powermapper.com/Demo/SortSite
Then put the URL of your blog in the box and check for errors and if there's one about avoiding doorway or cookie cutter approaches with regards to the URL, then go on the safe side and make domain of the blog URL the same as the rest of your site. For example:
www.example.com/ecommerce <-- for the ecommerce section www.example.com/blog <-- for the blog

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@Becky754

You would be far better off with a sub-domain hosted somewhere else, such as... say... Wordpress.com!

This would (hopefully) ensure that your WP install is always fresh and all updates have been applied and that your WP site stays as safe as possible.

This would not require a redirect. Just a link.

There are quite a few hosts specifically designed for WP sites so you have a lot to chose from. Just chose a good one.

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