: Multiple Wordpress installs on subdomains affecting SEO? I am working on a website for a photography business in town and was asked to do something I'd never considered before. The company

I am working on a website for a photography business in town and was asked to do something I'd never considered before. The company wants a basic webpage for it's "general" business -- example.com, let's say -- and then a subdomain for each of their specialties: weddings.example.com, portraits.example.com, etc.

They specifically requested that Wordpress be used and want a different theme on each subdomain. What makes most sense to me with this setup is using multiple Wordpress installations, one for each subdomain, and interlink between them with the menus and trackbacks/pings.

The last thing I want is to negatively affect SEO with this. It seems like it should boost each individual subdomain/site. But at the same time, the root domain is the same, so it could actually drag the entire thing down.

What are your thoughts on this?

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The subdomains will not affect SEO, but my concern would be managing multiple WordPress installations.

What makes most sense to me with this
setup is using multiple Wordpress
installations, one for each subdomain,
and interlink between them with the
menus and trackbacks/pings.

WordPress 3.0 allows you to create a network of sites using 1 installation and 1 database. Which would solve the issue of managing multiple WordPress installations

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As far as Google is concerned there is no real difference between subdomains and subdirectories. So organizing their content this way won't have any impact on SEO for their pages.

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