: Will adding (moving) a well-visited blog to my site subdomain improve its ranking? I have a website and a blog. My website generates business directly, my blog indirectly. These are currently

@Heady270

No, probably not. Search engines generally treat subdomains as their own domains, therefor moving it to a subdomain would probably be detremental because it would require the blog site to regain it's search ranking. Moving it to a folder in the main domain would improve ranking, however.

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@Miguel251

I have to disagree with the gentleman above. I've read many documents/white papers that list a "keyword relevant" subdomain as a ranking factor.

Now, before anyone references some Google document, just know it is not in their best interest on many occasions to reveal accurate information.

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@Nimeshi995

Google and other search engines treat sub domains exactly the same as a stand alone domain, therefore you will not benefit from the move. If you want to benefit more from the blog then hosting it within a sub folder will be more beneficial assuming that the content is high quality and on topic with the rest of the site.

This is because the blog will rank higher due to the authority of the main domain and the links generated from the blog will benefit the entire site pushing both indirect and direct leads.

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