subdomains

[scubadiver]

Aloha, my marketers are strongly suggesting that I change my company's name to have a better chance with the search engine spiders. I am willing to do this. My question is can I register it as a subdomain with BV and save myself $20? Will it work the same as a domain? What is the difference? Thanks for your input.

[davidundalicia]

Re: subdomains

1)..Company name....can be changed in your web pages
2)..subdomain....a subdomain can be created for free in your Cpanel
and will have an address like I.E. http://subdomainname.hawaiionyourown.com
3)..If you need to change your domain name, you cant.....you will need to
purchase another domain name with a more appropiate name and then you can
use the free ADDON domain facility in your Cpanel to use your new (seperate entity) website/domain.....I.E. newname.com

[Andy128]

Re: subdomains

It is not recommended.

A subdomain name retains your original domain name in its url. For example: scuba_gear@hawaiionyourown.com is how the subdomain name of scuba_gear would be accessed. Or it might be accessed like this;
hawaiionyourown.com/scuba_gear

It would be best to either buy an add on domain or simply make your meta tags very effective with your original site name.

I don't think that it is such a bad name.

Cheers-

Andy

[Bethers]

Re: subdomains

Your site name is a very very small part of SEO - and not even noticeable if you do your optimization correctly.

I do believe you mean add-on domain, not sub-domain - an add-on domain will be seen by the se's the same as your original - only cost to you is the new url.

And you can name your website anything - it doesn't have to match the url - but that can be confusing if you want people to remember the url.

[scubadiver]

Re: subdomains

I am not sure that people will remember the name:
Affordable Hawaii Vacation - An Insider's Guide
affordable-hawaii-vacation-an-insiders-guide

[Andy128]

Re: subdomains

Too long. The longer it is- the more prone to misspelling and not being able to get to your site even if they remember the name.

Something small and catchy. That is ideal.

Just my thoughts.

Andy

[Bethers]

Re: subdomains

How about using those "names" as titles and h1 tags on your current pages - which will work much better than changing your domain name.

[Andy128]

Re: subdomains

I agree with Beth!

Andy